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English
Etymology
From un- + winnable.
Adjective
unwinnable (not comparable)
- 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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