unviable

British  

/ ʌnˈvaɪəbəl /

adjective

1. not capable of succeeding, esp financially

   the pit had proved economically unviable

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Example Sentences

Some wells forced offline may only ever recover a fraction of their prior volume or become economically unviable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Leaders said falling pupil numbers and the economic situation have made it financially unviable to keep the site open.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Unlike metal, paper or glass, consumer plastics are made up of thousands of different types, or polymers, making large-scale recycling economically unviable.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Current global oil market conditions make large-scale Venezuelan investment economically unviable.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

Public subsidy allowed formats that had become financially unviable - such as the nineteenth-century symphony orchestra - to prosper somewhat artificially in the twentieth century, justified by the preservation of heritage.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall