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Recent Examples of unviable
Instead, the embryo was growing inside her right fallopian tube, a placement that made the pregnancy unviable and posed a significant threat to Hall’s health — and life — if left untreated.
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Emily Brindley
health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
Should mission operators encounter any delays and need to postpone the launch for another day, NASA is able to reset SLS for up to four attempts between April 1-6, with another window opening April 30 should the first week of the month become unviable.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Discard any older, unviable seeds that have floated to the top of the water.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 12 Mar. 2026
The losses and damages from extreme weather events are mounting to the point that major reinsurers now warn that entire economic models may become unviable if climate risks continue to rise unchecked.
—Sir David King, Time, 15 Dec. 2025
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Emily Brindley
health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
Should mission operators encounter any delays and need to postpone the launch for another day, NASA is able to reset SLS for up to four attempts between April 1-6, with another window opening April 30 should the first week of the month become unviable.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Discard any older, unviable seeds that have floated to the top of the water.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 12 Mar. 2026
The losses and damages from extreme weather events are mounting to the point that major reinsurers now warn that entire economic models may become unviable if climate risks continue to rise unchecked.
—Sir David King, Time, 15 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unviable
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That’s the kind of streak that should be impossible.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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So local schools and other governmental units presumably would have to ask for twice as much money to get the same amount, which might make such a deal financially impossible.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Yennie’s family home is in rural Routt County, and traveling to a physical therapy center or finding someone willing to make frequent house calls is unfeasible, his son Ben Yennie said.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
23 Apr. 2026
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Filling a potential void If the plan remains unfeasible and the airline becomes history, there are other carriers capable of serving Greater Fort Lauderdale, one of the more dynamic ieisure travel destinations in the state.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Some have branded it unsafe and unworkable, citing their concerns around potential coercion of vulnerable people and a lack of safeguards for those with disabilities.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Senate’s requirement for large investors to sell individual rental homes in these communities after seven years would be unworkable, Hartmann said.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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The coalition listed several requests for the transportation department, including to provide detailed structural analyses by engineers experienced in historic bridge rehabilitation to support claims that preservation is infeasible.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Apr. 2026
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Engineers judged that version infeasible.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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If adjudication is impracticable, a state may destroy the prize after all possible measures are taken to ensure the safety of its passengers and crew.—
Jill Goldenziel,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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In court filings, the agency argued that changing testing protocols was unnecessary and impracticable.—
Christopher Osher,
ProPublica,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The vet team amputated nonviable tissue from the tegu's tongue.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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Foreclosure would become nonviable as a means of tax collection — with no readily apparent alternative means for timely collection of the delinquent revenue.—
Todd Spangler,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Scientists typically test candidates one by one, making large-scale discovery impractical.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Apr. 2026
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And it’s set in a snowy wintertime, which would have been impractical and expensive in live action, but pays all kinds of benefits in terms of staging and mood.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Attempting to close this gap solely by raising the gas tax would require a dramatic increase that is unlikely to be politically viable.—
Andrew Stasiowski,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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But analysts said the new model is unlikely to send markets into the kind of frenzy the previous one did.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Unviable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unviable. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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