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Definition of "inviable" [inviable]

  • Unable to survive or develop normally: an inviable newborn calf. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "inviable" in a sentence
  • "The U.S. has sided with the long term inviable and ancien regime faction in that dispute, i.e. the Badrists and Maliki."
  • "The USO fund was created by the telecom department to give grants for connecting rural areas and also for commercially inviable telecom networks."
  • "Tenedora K said Mexicana's pilots, ground crews, and non-union staff were working with the new investors towards an eventual rescue of Mexicana, but expressed concern that flight attendants 'union ASSA is demanding labor conditions "that will make its rescue inviable.""
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