inviable
inviable — adjective
- inviablepositive
- more inviablecomparative
- most inviablesuperlative
1. describes a plan, business, or idea that cannot work or last because there is to
describes a plan, business, or idea that cannot work or last because there is too little money, support, or interest behind it
The town's only bookshop became inviable once the new mall opened nearby.
become inviable: turn unworkable over time
Without more funding from the city, the youth centre was simply inviable.
inviable + without [resource]: cause of failure
Antonia argued that building a factory on the flooded land would be inviable.
Rising fuel costs made the long ferry route inviable for the small company.
The committee dropped the festival plan after deciding it was financially inviable.
- unworkable
more everyday; stresses that a plan cannot be put into practice
- unsustainable
stresses that something cannot keep going over time, often for money reasons
- untenable
formal; stresses a position or argument that cannot be defended or maintained
用法筆記
Subject is usually a plan, project, business, or option rather than a person. Often paired with 'financially', 'economically', or 'commercially' to name why it cannot last.
常見錯誤
2. describes a seed, cell, or young living thing that cannot stay alive or grow int
describes a seed, cell, or young living thing that cannot stay alive or grow into a full organism, often because of a fault in its genes
Most of the frozen seeds turned out to be inviable after thirty years in storage.
inviable seeds: cannot germinate
The genetic defect left many of the eggs inviable before they could hatch.
leave something inviable: a cause prevents survival
Nikhil's lab found that the cloned embryos were mostly inviable.
A single broken gene can make a developing plant inviable.
The researchers counted the inviable cells under the microscope each morning.
- viable
able to survive and grow into a living being
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense applies only to living material (seeds, cells, embryos, organisms) that cannot survive, often for a genetic reason, while sense 1 applies to plans and businesses that cannot last.