unworkable

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She also highlighted the unworkable nature of the government’s proposal; if a child’s citizenship hinges on a parent’s “domicile,” she told Sauer, then “you have to adjudicate both residency and intent to stay.”

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

The Senators are referring to a provision that would ban institutional investors from buying homes to rent, with an unworkable exception for those that are built-to-rent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The Senate included the carve-out but also said build-to-rent investors must sell the homes within seven years, a provision that builders and lenders say is unworkable.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Turner branded the plan unworkable and urged ministers to scrap it or face a humiliating climbdown.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

If you live in an unworkable society you can make up one of your own, and this is what the Iks have done.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas