unmaintainable
unmaintainable — 形容詞
- unmaintainablepositive
- more unmaintainablecomparative
- most unmaintainablesuperlative
1. Describes a system, computer program, building, or process that is designed or b
無法維護
難以維持良好狀態或進行修改的
Describes a system, computer program, building, or process that is designed or built in a way that makes it impossible to keep working properly, fix faults, or add improvements without creating new problems.
Theo's team decided to rewrite the application because the old code base had become completely unmaintainable.
Theo 的團隊決定重寫應用程式，因為舊的程式碼已變得完全無法維護。
become + unmaintainable; software context
The city council admitted the bridge was structurally unmaintainable and needed to be demolished.
市議會承認這座橋樑在結構上已無法維護，需要拆除。
passive: was + unmaintainable; infrastructure context
The network configuration grew unmaintainable as new devices were added without proper documentation.
隨著新設備不斷加入卻缺乏適當文件，網路配置變得難以維護。
grew + unmaintainable; cause expressed via 'without' clause at end
Sayaka warned that skipping code reviews would render the project unmaintainable within six months.
Sayaka 警告說，跳過程式碼審查會讓這個專案在六個月內變得無法維護。
render + object + unmaintainable
After years of quick patches, the database was declared unmaintainable by the engineering team.
經過多年的快速修補之後，這個資料庫被工程團隊宣告為無法維護。
- become unmaintainable
- render something unmaintainable
- declare something unmaintainable
- completely unmaintainable
- structurally unmaintainable
- unmaintainable code
- unmaintainable system
- unmaintainable mess
- unfixable
more concrete and narrower — focuses on specific faults that cannot be corrected, whereas 'unmaintainable' describes the broader inability to care for the whole system
- unworkable
broader — describes any plan or system that cannot function at all, while 'unmaintainable' implies it currently works but cannot be kept working
- unsustainable
focuses on resource or effort costs being too high to continue, whereas 'unmaintainable' emphasises design or structural flaws
- maintainable
direct opposite — able to be kept in good condition and improved over time
- manageable
broader opposite — something that can be handled or controlled, not necessarily maintained technically
文法句型
become / grow + unmaintainable
declare / consider + object + unmaintainable
用法筆記
Most common in software engineering and IT contexts, where maintainability is a key design goal. Frequently paired with the verbs 'become', 'render', and 'declare'.
常見錯誤
同根字
- maintain動詞B1
- maintenance名詞B2
- maintainable形容詞C1
- unmaintained形容詞C1
常見搭配
常用片語
- become unmaintainable
- render something unmaintainable
- declare something unmaintainable
- grow unmaintainable