unworkable

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Chivalry is unworkable because it’s simply too dissonant for men.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

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 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

To an ordinary viewer, everything about this film is disappointing—the dull jokes, the stupid plot, the canned homilies, the silly and unworkable policy proposals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 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