undoable

/'ʌn'du:əbl/

Thân thiện

The project manager declared the deadline undoable.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Impossible to achieve or accomplish: Describes a task, goal, or action that cannot be successfully completed or carried out.
   • Capable of being reversed or nullified: Describes an action or its effects that can be reversed, undone, or canceled. (Note: This meaning is less common in modern usage for the adjective form; the verb 'undo' is typically used for this concept.)

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Impossible to achieve):
  • The project's deadline was so tight that it seemed completely undoable.
  • Without proper funding, their ambitious plan is simply undoable.
• Adjective (Capable of being reversed - less common):
  • In this software, most edits are undoable with a simple keyboard shortcut. (Here, it means the edits can be undone).

Advanced Usage

• "to make something undoable": to create conditions that render a task impossible.
  • The new regulations made the construction project financially undoable.
• Used in technical contexts (like computing) to describe actions that can be reversed.
  • Ensure the operation is undoable before you execute the command.

Variants and Related Words

• Undo (verb): To reverse the effects of an action; to unfasten or loosen.
  • You can undo your last action by pressing Ctrl+Z.
• Doable (adjective): Able to be done; practicable or feasible.
  • With enough resources, the mission is doable.

Synonyms

• Unattainable: Not able to be reached or achieved.
• Impossible: Not able to occur, exist, or be done.
• Impracticable: Not practical or feasible in practice.

Antonyms

• Doable: Able to be done.
• Achievable: Able to be brought about or reached successfully.
• Feasible: Possible to do easily or conveniently.

Related Phrases

• An undoable task: A task that cannot be accomplished.
  • Assembling the furniture without the instructions was an undoable task for me.
• Technically undoable: Impossible due to technical constraints or limitations.
  • With our current technology, interstellar travel is technically undoable.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. impossible to achieve
   • an unattainable goal

Từ đồng nghĩa

• unachievable
• unattainable
• unrealizable