undoable
/'ʌn'du:əbl/
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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impossible to achieve
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an unattainable goal
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