Standard Lemma guide

unwinnable

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N W IH1 N AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Unable to be won.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: walking dead, softlock, softlocked

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English winnable English unwinnable From un- + winnable.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 一場無法取勝 /一场无法取胜 (yīchǎng wúfǎ qǔshèng) — unable to be won
  • Danish: umulig at vinde — unable to be won
  • Finnish: voittamaton — unable to be won
  • German: nicht zu gewinnen — unable to be won
  • German: nicht zu gewinnend — unable to be won
  • German: ungewinnbar — unable to be won
  • Hungarian: megnyerhetetlen — unable to be won
  • Italian: impossibile da vincere — unable to be won
  • Japanese: 得られない (erarenai) — unable to be won
  • Russian: заведомо проигрышную (zavedomo proigryšnuju) — unable to be won
  • Spanish: inganable — unable to be won
  • Turkish: kazanması imkânsız — unable to be won