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unworkability

unworkability

8.7
Too hard to cut or shape to make things from it
  • noun
  • /ˌʌnˈwɜrkəˌbɪlɪti/
  • Specialized
: inviabilidad
  • The unworkability of the new alloy made it unsuitable for manufacturing car parts.

Examples

  • Engineers had to find a solution to the unworkability of the material before production could continue.

  • Due to its unworkability, the substance was rarely used in industrial applications.

  • The unworkability of the design led to its rejection.

  • Many engineers faced the unworkability of the new materials.

  • The unworkability of the new alloy made it unsuitable for manufacturing car parts.

  • Engineers had to find a solution to the unworkability of the material before production could continue.

  • Due to its unworkability, the substance was rarely used in industrial applications.

Synonyms

impracticality
vsunworkability
1 6.8

A situation when something cannot work well in everyday life

is more narrowly about difficulty shaping or cutting materials not general unsuitability
impracticability
vsunworkability
  • Formal
1 9.0

A situation where something cannot be done or used in real life

focuses on physical processing limits rather than general implementation impossibility
intractableness
vsunworkability
1 9.9

The quality of being very difficult to manage or control

highlights resistance to shaping or cutting rather than behavioral difficulty
unmalleability
vsunworkability
9.9

The quality of not being able to be shaped or bent

is about being hard to process or cut rather than only resisting bending

Antonyms

workability
  • Specialized
1 3.7

How easy a material is to shape or use

How Workable

workability
  • Specialized
1 3.7
malleability
  • Specialized
2 7.4
difficulty
615 2.4
unworkability
  • Specialized
8.7

Surface Forms

unworkability singular
unworkabilities plural

Morphology

unworkability = unworkable (transparent) = un + work + able + ity

The noun is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ity' to the clear adjective 'unworkable', which itself is transparently un- + workable.

Etymology

The word unworkability comes from the parts un- ('not'), work ('to shape or do'), and -ability ('can be done' or 'ability'). So it literally means 'not able to be worked', which helps explain why a material is hard or impossible to shape or process.