unwinnable

/ ʌnˈwɪnəbəl /

adjective

1. not able to be won or achieved

2. (of a seat in an election) not able to be taken from the incumbent or the incumbent's party

Example Sentences

When the invasion of Russia bogged down in late 1941, Todt insisted on getting a firsthand tour and came away convinced the war had become unwinnable.

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Repeating history, rocking the Ravine, winning the unwinnable, Freddie Freeman has done it again for the Dodgers, knocking a baseball for a second consecutive October into probably a second consecutive championship.

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People thought that case was unwinnable, and we won, and we won in a big way.

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As the arbitrators made clear, such an understanding of the contest rules would make the contest unwinnable because Lindell’s own proclamations that some random data was related to the election would, under such a ridiculous interpretation, cause any such random data to be ipso facto related to the election.

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It is hard to argue that Democrats should continue playing an unwinnable game on a field Republicans have unapologetically tipped in their favor.

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