untillable

Definition of untillablenext

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Recent Examples of untillable The team meticulously marks, measures, and photographs each crater and depression, all the while brushing off questions from villagers befuddled by the interest in this barren, untillable plot of land. Kathleen McLaughlin, Science | AAAS, 21 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untillable
Adjective
  • There’s no sugarcoating how lifeless the offense looked this weekend.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • But here, she’s forced into a lifeless film that only has the bones of what could have been a good story about trauma, either being consumed by it or working through it.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Adjective
  • The budget also establishes 22,770 new slots for free or reduced childcare, which Newsom had proposed decreasing.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Employees may appreciate the flexibility, but if customers experience slower service, inconsistent support, or reduced responsiveness, the model becomes difficult to sustain.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Adjective
  • Other insects, like roaches, are also drawn inside when the weather is inhospitable.
    Eva Flowe June 25, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026
  • Recent tax changes make Maryland almost uniquely inhospitable to retiring business owners with capital gains and purveyors of new commercial technologies.
    George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2026
Adjective
  • In Stoddart’s estimation, the best way to freeze these semi-consumed cakes is in slices.
    Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 2 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Houssem Aouar finally spied a gap in the Austrian defence and sent Mahrez through to score, sparking jubilation before Sasa Kalajdzic’s header confirmed a ridiculous ending to a game that was dramatic, bleak and then dramatic again.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Kehoe pointed to the state’s bleak finances in a statement explaining his cuts on Tuesday.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Adjective
  • Kuminga then saw a combination of injuries and uneven performances lead to lessened playing time before eventually falling out of the rotation altogether.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Mitigators work in the other direction, articulating a spectrum of factors that might support lessened punishment, such as the defendant having no prior criminal record, or acting under significant duress.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • But Eustaquio moved — likely exhausted — in union with his team towards South Africa’s box.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • Back-to-back overnights left Greenwald exhausted and depressed.
    Melanie Thernstrom, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Adjective
  • By 1877, the hope for Black equality met an enfeebled federal government that essentially permitted Jim Crow to run amok.
    Wesley Morris, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • But given the island’s small size and enfeebled state, the risks seem much smaller than in Iran.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 20 May 2026

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“Untillable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untillable. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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