Meaning & use

Inviable

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Not capable of surviving, developing, or succeeding.

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The embryo was found to be inviable early in the pregnancy.

Analysts declared the business plan financially inviable.

A note on using this word

Used across biology, medicine, and business to describe something that cannot survive or function successfully.

Words with a similar meaning

unviableunworkable

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