unplayable
Britishadjective
-
not able to be played
an almost unplayable ball
-
not able to be played on
unplayable pitches
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
And in even simpler games, they are now unplayable: A computer that’s given the opening move in a game of Connect Four cannot be beaten or even tied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Computers have rendered simpler games unplayable, devising perfect moves that always end in a draw or victory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
For over a decade, hundreds of online video games have been rendered unplayable at the whim of their publishers, for either technical or economic reasons.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
“By the time the cycle of awarding the hosting rights would possibly come back, our climate projections show that the tournament in its current form would be unplayable due to extreme weather events,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
The Rugborough slow man will be unplayable if he can find one of these spots.
From Tales of St. Austin's by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
