unworkably
- adverb
- /ʌnˈwɜrkəblɪ/
:
impracticablemente
- The new regulations are implemented in an unworkably complicated manner, making it difficult for businesses to comply.
Examples
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The vehement public debate over doctrine in the USSR in the late 1980s evidently reflected both the unwillingness of the ideologues to abandon the pursuit of political goals by military means and the resistance of the professional military to purely defensive operations as unworkably passive.
Academic text (1991) -
Then there is Piper's distinction between foreign and domestic plaintiffs. That gloss does not aid comity interests, as it is widely perceived as discriminatory against foreigners. The distinction has also proven unworkably complex.
Academic text (2017) -
After several attempts to fix the system, we concluded that it was unworkably flawed and needed to be replaced.
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The project timeline is unworkably tight, which puts too much pressure on the team to deliver quality results.
Synonyms
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6.1
In a way that does not work well in real life
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In a way that is too difficult to control or handle
In a way that is too difficult or impossible to do
In a way that is not possible or very hard to do
In a way that makes something so damaged, wrong, or unclear that people cannot make it work
Antonyms
How Practical
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3.5
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2.5
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2.7
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1.4
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Surface Forms
Morphology
unworkably = unworkable (transparent) = un + work + able + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'unworkable' (itself 'un-' + 'workable'); the meaning 'in an impractical way' follows predictably.
Etymology
Unworkably is made from un- meaning 'not', plus workable (from work + able) and the ending -ly meaning 'in a way'. So unworkably means 'in a way that cannot work', which is why we use it to say something is 'not practical' or 'cannot function properly'.