"unwinnable" meaning in English

See unwinnable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From un- + winnable. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|winnable|id1=negative}} un- + winnable Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unwinnable (not comparable)
  1. Unable to be won. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: walking dead [video-games] Translations (unable to be won): 一場無法取勝 (Chinese Mandarin), 一场无法取胜 (yīchǎng wúfǎ qǔshèng) (Chinese Mandarin), umulig at vinde (Danish), voittamaton (Finnish), nicht zu gewinnen [predicative] (German), nicht zu gewinnend [attributive] (German), megnyerhetetlen (Hungarian), impossibile da vincere (Italian), 得られない (erarenai) (Japanese), заведомо проигрышную (zavedomo proigryšnuju) (Russian), inganable (Spanish), kazanması imkânsız (Turkish)
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          "sense": "unable to be won",
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          "sense": "unable to be won",
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          "sense": "unable to be won",
          "word": "impossibile da vincere"
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          "roman": "erarenai",
          "sense": "unable to be won",
          "word": "得られない"
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      "sense": "unable to be won",
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      "sense": "unable to be won",
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      "sense": "unable to be won",
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      "sense": "unable to be won",
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      "roman": "erarenai",
      "sense": "unable to be won",
      "word": "得られない"
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      "sense": "unable to be won",
      "word": "заведомо проигрышную"
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      "sense": "unable to be won",
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