unplayableadjective
uk/ʌnˈpleɪ.ə.bəl/us/ʌnˈpleɪ.ə.bəl/unplayable adjective (SPORT)
An unplayable ball is hit or thrown so hard or skilfully that it is impossible to hit.
If an area of ground that is usually used for sports is unplayable, it cannot be played on, especially because of bad weather conditions.
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General terms used in ball sports
- aggregate score
- assist
- attack
- back pass
- bobble
- center circle
- chip
- goalless
- holding
- layoff
- long ball
- man on! idiom
- man-to-man defense
- man-to-man marking
- onside
- overarm
- set piece
- shoot
- sidespin
- wrong-foot
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Surfaces on which sports take place
unplayable adjective (MUSIC)
A piece of music that is unplayable is too difficult to perform.
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Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- another
- arduous
- as much as you can do idiom
- fiddly
- fiendish
- fierce
- formidable
- get blood out of/from a stone idiom
- painstaking
- picnic
- problematic
- punishing
- rigorous
- unwieldy
- uphill
- vexed
- wearing
- wearying
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