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unwinnable

[win-uh-buhl]

adjective

that can be won: a winnable war.

Origin:
1535–45; win + -able

Related forms

win·na·bil·i·ty, noun

un·win·na·ble, adjective

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unwinnable (ʌnˈwɪnəb^əl)

—*adj*
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

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