unworkable
Example Sentences
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Russian women say the idea of "therapising" them into having children is coercive, cruel and unworkable, and will do little to reverse declining birth rates -- currently at their lowest in 200 years.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
The talks ultimately failed, though punting those unworkable demands had allowed them to proceed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Some described the proposed system as "unworkable", while charities warned it risked creating new barriers in an already difficult environment.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
Joshua Grover, deputy director of the agency’s Ecosystem Conservation Division, said what protective measures remain under the federal proposal are either vague, unworkable or not based on the “best available science.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
There, he dutifully produced ambitious, unworkable proposals that were read with amused tolerance and promptly binned.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.