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unplayable

/ ʌnˈpleɪəbəl /

adjective

  1. not able to be played

    an almost unplayable ball

  2. not able to be played on

    unplayable pitches

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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South Gate wants to play its semifinal playoff game on Saturday so badly at home that it’s broken out a tarp so the City Section officials can’t deem it unplayable after expected rain Thursday night.

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“When the referees ruled the field unplayable we immediately called Sotomayor and Contreras because they have turf fields and are the closest in proximity to Eagle Rock,” Lagos said.

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Officials then ruled that it was unplayable and round four was cancelled.

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Hazlewood was virtually unplayable early on, opening with 13 dot balls, but it was Xavier Bartlett who got the breakthrough.

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From there, England's Ashes nemesis King was unplayable once more.

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