We need to cut spending to make our fiscal future more reasonable, more viable.
So planting trees or tall shrubs to give them the desired screening wasn't a viable option.
The wild out there some where has become less and less viable.
He sees nuclear power as political power, and discounts it as a viable military weapon.
He is also the one coherent, galvanizing, and viable figure among them.
There's no viable positive stance to take on her live work.
Even controversial nuclear energy is considered a viable option.
Another consideration is creating a vertical farm design that would be economically viable.
Solar shingles are an increasingly viable alternative.
After an hour, the neurosurgery team finished up, not entirely sure whether they had obtained a viable sample.
British Dictionary definitions for viable
viable
/ˈvaɪəbəl/
adjective
1.
capable of becoming actual, useful, etc; practicable: a viable proposition
2.
(of seeds, eggs, etc) capable of normal growth and development
3.
(of a fetus) having reached a stage of development at which further development can occur independently of the mother
Derived Forms
viability, noun
Word Origin
C19: from French, from vie life, from Latin vīta
Word Origin and History for viable
adj.
1828, from French viable "capable of life" (1530s), from vie "life" (from Latin vita "life;" see vital) + -able. Originally of newborn infants; generalized sense is first recorded 1848. Related: Viably; viability.
viable in Medicine
viable vi·a·ble (vī'ə-bəl) adj.
Capable of living, developing, or germinating under favorable conditions.
Capable of living outside the uterus. Used of a fetus or newborn.