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unˈplayable, a.
[un-1 7 b.]
Incapable of being played.
1833Lytton Godolphin xxxv, Having an unplayable hand and a bad partner. 1839Darley Introd. Beaum. & Fl.'s Wks. p. xxvii, These..form the real attraction of their ‘plays,’ altogether unplayable now. 1881Sat. Rev. 2 July 14/1 The two slow bowlers seemed quite unplayable. 1884Lillywhite's Cricket Comp. 39 The wicket was unplayable. 1902Cornish Naturalist Thames 33 After that, I must trust to the strength of the gut, for the fish would be unplayable.
Hence unˈplayably adv.
1955Times 6 June 3/1 Before luncheon the occasional ball turned and lifted nastily, and the one that accounted for May did so almost unplayably. 1978Daily Tel. 21 Feb. 13/6 Next the unplayably simple A flat, made to sound telling and enigmatic at the same time, a great success. |