unwatchable
- adjective
- /ʌnˈwɑːtʃəbl/
- I'm not sure why we watched them, since most of the movies we watched (certainly Ally Farson) were unwatchable.
- unwatchable movie
- nearly unwatchable
- almost unwatchable
And it's like, you know, especially Colbert, so unwatchable now.
- And it's like, you know, especially Colbert, so unwatchable now.
Examples
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The other hosts, IMO, are irritating and make otherwise great content unwatchable.
Blog text (34) -
I watched two minutes of the movie and thought it was extremely silly and absolutely unwatchable.
Blog text (21) -
My last movie, like my first, is unwatchable.
Fiction book (1999) -
Sorry, but I watched two episodes and this show is unwatchable.
Blog text (28) -
But outside the argument of who came first, I'm afraid I found this show unwatchable.
Blog text (16) -
Arguably a candidate for worst film of the year, 'The Watch' is nearly unwatchable.
Blog text (27) -
The X Factor UK is shockingly boring and unwatchable.
Blog text (7) -
For 79 minutes on Wednesday, the U.S. was borderline unwatchable.
Blog text (11) -
Not as dreary and nearly unwatchable as the next episode, but pretty boring and nondescript.
Blog text (23) -
The movie was so poorly made that it was unwatchable after the first ten minutes.
Synonyms
So unpleasant or painful that you cannot bear it
Not exciting and likely to make people bored
Not interesting or exciting
Not interesting or exciting
Unpleasant to the senses, like a bitter taste or bright light
Too unpleasant or badly made for people to watch
Not interesting to watch, read or listen to
Very boring and hard to pay attention to
Causes people to lose interest because it is dull
Antonyms
How Watchable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unwatchable comes from un- 'not' plus watch 'to look'. A helpful way to remember it is that it describes something so bad or boring that it is 'not worth watching'.