unwinnable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ winnable.

Adjective

unwinnable (not comparable)

  1. Unable to be won.
    Synonym: (video games) walking dead (Adjective)
    • 2007, Jeremy Douglass, Command Lines, page 88:
      The “Zarfian Cruelty Scale” rates games as Merciful, Polite, Tough, Nasty, or Cruel. The scale describes how works of IF become unwinnable, especially how and when the interactor (here a player, and one trying to win) learns this.

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