unwinnable
ə adjective
that can be won: a winnable war.
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unwinnable (ʌnˈwɪnəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Unwinnable
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| win1 (wɪn) | |
| —vb (when intr, | |
| 1. | (intr) to achieve first place in a competition |
| 2. | (tr) to gain or receive (a prize, first place, etc) in a competition |
| 3. | (tr) to succeed in or gain (something) with an effort: we won recognition |
| 4. | win one's spurs |
| a. to achieve recognition in some field of endeavour | |
| b. history to be knighted | |
| 5. | to gain victory or triumph in (a battle, argument, etc) |
| 6. | (tr) to earn or procure (a living, etc) by work |
| 7. | (tr) to take possession of, esp violently; capture: the Germans never won Leningrad |
| 8. | to reach with difficulty (a desired condition or position) or become free, loose, etc, with effort: the boat won the shore; the boat won through to the shore |
| 9. | (tr) to turn someone into (a supporter, enemy, etc): you have just won an ally |
| 10. | (tr) to gain (the sympathy, loyalty, etc) of someone |
| 11. | (tr) to obtain (a woman, etc) in marriage |
| 12. | (tr) |
| a. to extract (ore, coal, etc) from a mine | |
| b. to extract (metal or other minerals) from ore | |
| c. to discover and make (a mineral deposit) accessible for mining | |
| 13. | informal you can't win an expression of resignation after an unsuccessful attempt to overcome difficulties |
| —n | |
| 14. | informal a success, victory, or triumph |
| 15. | profit; winnings |
| 16. | the act or fact of reaching the finishing line or post first |
| [Old English winnan; related to Old Norse vinna, German gewinnen] | |
| 'winnable1 | |
| —adj | |
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