unachievable

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Carmakers had argued that the original 2035 target for zero emissions was unachievable because of a slower-than-expected uptake of EVs among consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

“Trials to demonstrate a reduction in disease burden require thousands of study participants, which would be incredibly costly and likely unachievable in a reasonable time frame,” Gaw said.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2025

Fuel poverty campaigners said the switch-off process had been "doomed to failure" after it became clear that the 30 June deadline was "simply unachievable".

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025

The current deadline of having all 149 leak-prone single-shell tanks emptied by 2040 is unachievable.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

A very long hitting streak in baseball is a particularly amazing sort of record, so unlikely as to seem virtually unachievable and almost immune to probabilistic prediction.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos