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inviable

inviable

1 8.2
Not able to continue or be successful
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈvaɪəbl/
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  • Things like the mold, things like inviable seeds, things like pulp, anything like that is going to get basically discarded.

And like half of their, half of their kit are seeds that like you have to use within a year or two otherwise they become inviable anyways.

Examples

  • At the structural level, the growing power of transnational capital and the world market to impose discipline on antisystemic movements made the revolutionary project inviable.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Stunted or obstructed development, inviable community life, fragmentation of self, disproportional investment in our powers, clinging to identity, foreclosing the dimension of the infinite, death postponed against our will.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Should the overt banking economy become inviable, these folks will have an advantage in both method and status.

    Blog text (23)
  • Quevedo, on the other hand, renders inviable this entrancing fusion of sensibilities.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Wrong in a wanted pregnancy: either the fetus is inviable outside the womb and the birth defects weren't visible until later in the pregnancy, or the mother is ill enough that the pregnancy needs to end.

    Blog text (2)
  • Many startups fail because their business models are simply inviable in the current market.

  • After several attempts, the plan was deemed inviable and needed to be completely revised.

  • Due to a lack of funding, the project was labeled inviable and was ultimately discontinued.

Synonyms

unattainable
vsinviable
18 6.3

Not possible to get or reach

emphasises inability to survive or work, not inability to reach an objective
unfeasible
vsinviable
4 6.8

Not possible to do or make work

relates to inability to survive or function rather than mere impracticality
unachievable
vsinviable
3 6.3

Not possible to do or reach

is about lack of survival or functioning rather than failure to reach a goal
unviable
vsinviable
2 6.4

Not able to succeed or continue, for example a project

focuses on general inability to survive, work, or succeed rather than continuation
infeasible
vsinviable
2 7.2

Not possible to do or make happen

centres on failing to survive or work rather than on being impractical
nonviable
vsinviable
1 7.8

Not able to live, develop, or succeed

is the same meaning but expressed with a different word form

Antonyms

177 5.4

Possible to do successfully with available resources

88 4.9

Possible to do or make happen

How Viable

robust
112 3.9
viable
177 5.4
fragile
160 3.9
inviable
1 8.2

Surface Forms

inviable positive

Morphology

inviable = viable (transparent) = in + viable

This is a standard negative prefixation: 'inviable' straightforwardly means 'not viable'.

Etymology

Inviable begins with the prefix in- meaning 'not' and ends with viable, which comes from a root about 'life' or being 'able to live', the same idea you see in vital. So inviable describes something that is 'not able to live', and by extension 'not able to work or succeed'.