unviable
/ (ʌnˈvaɪəbəl) /
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adjective
not capable of succeeding, esp financiallythe pit had proved economically unviable
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How to use unviable in a sentence
The bad news is that NBC may consider Community to be expendable or financially unviable.
May the physician call in a physician who, he knows, will not scruple to perform the therapeutic abortion on an unviable fetus?
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation|Austin O'MalleyBy foetus immaturus here he means an unviable foetus, as is evident from the context.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley