How to Use unplayable in a Sentence

unplayable

adjective
  • Eloy Jimenez put his hands up to claim the ball was unplayable.
    — La Velle E. Neal Iii, Star Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020
  • What should a player do if their ball comes to a halt on a paved (and unplayable) road?
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 21 June 2026
  • The rain in the Charlotte area first made the course unplayable.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2026
  • The game was called after five innings due to rain and an unplayable field.
    — J.c. Carnahan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 May 2018
  • Players on prepaid phone plans were now stuck with a game that was now unplayable.
    — Bynicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The field was deemed unplayable after the delay.
    — ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • So games that came out on those older consoles are unplayable for a lot of people.
    — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Minnesota’s run game was middling at best and unplayable in the red zone.
    — Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Archer's wickets were smashed by an unplayable shooter under his bat.
    — ABC News, 21 June 2026
  • At college his beloved trumpet was found to be so leaky and full of gunk that it was declared unplayable.
    — The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
  • For a player who looked unplayable early in the season, that jump is massive.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Medvedev seemed unplayable, taking the first two sets comfortably.
    — Aarron Spinley, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Both efforts were futile, which forced him to take an unplayable lie that cost him another stroke.
    — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Torrential rains rendered the two grass fields unplayable.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • At the time of his actions, the greens were firming up and the course was becoming more and more unplayable.
    — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 19 June 2018
  • Taijuan Walker filled the team's fifth starter spot and was unplayable toward the end of the year.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
  • In previous years, flooding made the field unplayable days after rain storms.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2018
  • His forehand is often unplayable.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • At one point, helicopters were brought in to try and help dry more than a handful of fairways that were deemed unplayable.
    — Dallas News, 9 May 2022
  • Then turned into something unplayable.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2026
  • Has proven unplayable in this series to date because of his struggles on the defensive end.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The original album was highly arranged, to the point where half of it was unplayable live.
    — Courtney Devores, charlotteobserver, 14 June 2017
  • This megakeyboard, of course, is unplayable — and any pianist will tell you that the black keys are rendered a little too small.
    — Valeria Ricciulli, Curbed, 4 May 2021
  • Sanchez was almost unplayable in the latter stages and twice could have scored himself but for a pair of tame finishes.
    — USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2017
  • Gobert was unplayable for parts of the series against the Lakers, and was sometimes benched late in games.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
  • The result was nigh unplayable, thanks to constant multi-second pauses and chugs.
    — Sam MacHkovech and Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Also, players can declare a ball to be unplayable in a bunker, take a two-shot penalty and play from outside the bunker.
    — Doug Ferguson, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The field was deemed unplayable to resume action Saturday night.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2021
  • Either the fields are damp and unplayable or the pitchers are freezing and can’t really showcase their skills.
    — Lori Riley, courant.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • If the conditions are unplayable, the game would likely be pushed back a day until Wednesday.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2025

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