Definition of "unplayable"

That cannot be played; that is impossible or unreasonable (too difficult, etc.) to play.

1. (of a musical work) That cannot be played, that is too hard too play.  examples

2. (of a video game) That cannot be played, or is so tedious, complicated, buggy, etc., as to discourage or preclude playing.  quotations  examples

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   • Unoriginal, unplayable, overpriced and generally unappealing.

     1988, Lazer Tag (game review in Your Sinclair issue 32, August 1988)

3. (of an audio or visual recording) Unable to be played on specified equipment, or at all.  quotations  examples

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   • Apparently the Edison company failed to consider, or chose to ignore, the fact that their records were made using the “hill and dale” vertical-cut recording groove and therefore unplayable on standard (and much cheaper) gramophones […]

     2010, Mark Berresford, That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman, page 143

4. (sports, of a ball or shuttlecock) Impossible to play or to defend against.  examples