nonviable

Examples

• All

• Quebecers, for their part, call partition dangerous, nonviable, undemocratic, and contrary to law.

  Academic text (1996)

• This would make the approach politically nonviable.

  Academic text (2011)

• This included a major expansion of the private sector and the breaking up of large national companies into numerous nonviable mini-companies.

  Academic text (1995)

• When, after World War II, an independent Eritrea was proposed, these differences were presented as evidence that such a nation would be nonviable.

  Academic text (1991)

• If the intended result was to create ethnically homogeneous units, the process could produce thousands of nonviable statelets.

  Academic text (2003)

• At the same time, the nonviable condition of Russian banks continued to pose a major hurdle with regard to the prospects for the Russian economy's revival.

  Academic text (2010)

• To this end, African governments should further eliminate administrative and policy barriers that prevent new businesses from entering the market and commercially nonviable firms from exiting it.

  Academic text (2008)

• Currently, a new unit is created every three days; it is estimated that of Brazil's some 5,500 municipios, nearly one-third are nonviable in fiscal terms.

  Academic text (1998)

• The new business plan proved to be nonviable due to lack of funding and interest.

• After assessing the project's goals, we concluded that the initial proposal was nonviable and needed revision.

Synonyms

U

unattainable

vsnonviable

18 6.3

Not possible to get or reach

describes inability to live or develop rather than failure to reach goals

U

unfeasible

vsnonviable

4 6.8

Not possible to do or make work

speaks to practical impossibility rather than inability to survive or grow

U

unachievable

vsnonviable

3 6.3

Not possible to do or reach

concerns survival and functioning limits rather than mere impossibility to do

I

infeasible

vsnonviable

2 7.2

Not possible to do or make happen

focuses on action feasibility rather than capacity to live or function

U

unviable

vsnonviable

• Specialized

1 6.7

Not able to live or grow under normal conditions

is about inability to live, develop, or function as intended

I

inviable

vsnonviable

1 8.2

Not able to continue or be successful

has the same survival and success focus but as the head concept

U

undevelopable

vsnonviable

• Specialized

7.4

Not able to be used or changed for building, like land that cannot have houses

focuses on inability to live or function rather than development potential

N

nonsustainable

vsnonviable

7.2

Cannot continue without using up resources or causing harm

refers to failure to survive or function rather than long term upkeep

Antonyms

V

viable

177 5.4

Possible to do successfully with available resources

How Viable

sustainable

183 4.5

viable

177 5.4

nonviable

1 7.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology