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  • adverb In an unworkable fashion; not workably.

Etymologies

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un- + work + -able + -ly

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Examples

  • But Scalia said that besides the law being unworkably vague, "I am concerned with the First Amendment, which says Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech."

    High court weighs Calif. effort to ban sale of violent video games to minors Robert Barnes 2010

  • But Scalia said that besides the law being unworkably vague, "I am concerned with the First Amendment, which says Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech."

    Proposed ban puts justices in 'Mortal Kombat' ring Robert Barnes 2010

  • Political consultants would have abandoned welfare reform as unworkably audacious and politically suicidal.

    The Debt Ceiling and the Pursuit of Happiness Arthur C. Brooks 2011

  • But Scalia said that besides the law being unworkably vague, "I am concerned with the First Amendment, which says Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech."

    Proposed ban puts justices in 'Mortal Kombat' ring Robert Barnes 2010

  • But Scalia said that besides the law being unworkably vague, "I am concerned with the First Amendment, which says Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech."

    Proposed ban puts justices in 'Mortal Kombat' ring Robert Barnes 2010

  • But Scalia said that besides the law being unworkably vague, "I am concerned with the First Amendment, which says Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech."

    High court weighs Calif. effort to ban sale of violent video games to minors Robert Barnes 2010

  • Opponents, however, say the definition of no-bid contract is unworkably broad and that the measure stifles free speech by restricting political activism.

    Colorado Fight Looms 2008

  • Our instinct is to deny the things that seem to contradict our assumptions, to just keep adapting our view of the world until it becomes unworkably complex and comes crashing down.

    Ron Dembo: Resilience and Civilization: Part II 2008

  • A major misconception in contemporary American politics is that its representative duopoly – the Republicans and Democrats – is unworkably polarized; in fact, quite the opposite.

    SLEEPING GIANT 2007

  • A major misconception in contemporary American politics is that its representative duopoly - the Republicans and Democrats - is unworkably polarized; in fact, quite the opposite.

    SLEEPING GIANT 2007

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