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from The Century Dictionary.

  • That cannot be made.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of unmakeable.

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Examples

  • Undeterred by industry professionals who sniffed that the film was "unmakable," Potter, who wrote her first treatment for

    Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories 2010

  • Among Harmon's "unmakable" feats: expanding the Bozo the Clown franchise to dozens of television stations across North America, while managing WGN's "Bozo" for 41 years - the longest run of all.

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

  • "The contract was unmakable against that defense."

    Bridge Frank Stewart 2010

  • Berg explains that although they've since modified the movie to be more appealing to wider audiences, it has "remained surprisingly sexual, violent and true in spirit to an original script that was viewed as brilliant but unmakable."

    Hancock is a Darker Blockbuster Than You Might Imagine « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • Why Westerns, a stable genre since movies began, suddenly became almost unmakable is finance.

    HOLLYWOOD Larry McMurtry 2010

  • About the series - it could be done if they did it like the stand alone ova - ie. different story but if they want to make it as good as the series it needs to be the series, cost zillions of billions and will be unmakable.

    Keanu Reeves Talks Cowboy Bebop Script Rewrites, Currently Too Expensive for Production | /Film 2009

  • She sinks the 15, the 12, and the 9 before a bad leave forces her to try an unmakable two-rail shot.

    The Time Traveler's Wife Niffenegger, Audrey 2003

  • Far from protesting, the skilled workers resolutely shouldered the burden of making unmakable designs, often by means of lengthy adjustments and fitting of parts.

    Lean Thinking James P. Womack 2003

  • “You think that this contract, unmakable a couple of minutes ago, is now unbeatable?”

    VICTOR MOLLO’S BRIDGE CLUB VICTOR MOLLO 1979

  • But just as 4 ♠ was unmakable, so 5 ◊ appeared to be unbeatable, and when it looked as if that would be the final contract, the Hog came in fearlessly with 5 ੥.

    VICTOR MOLLO’S BRIDGE CLUB VICTOR MOLLO 1979

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