"Well before he announced for mayor, we told him we didn't think this was a viable idea."

Local resistance to the resort led to its end as a viable idea.

Using the Internet to price and distribute shares, he said, was a viable idea that would inevitably be absorbed by established investment banks.

Finding the "sweet spot" requires a balance that leads to both ingenious and viable ideas.

Ms. Collier said the town also spent $75,000 for a feasibility study on the theater site, which indicated the revitalization was a viable idea.

Romanticizing Webern's pinpoint attacks and silences was, on the other hand, a viable idea.

Step 6: Evaluation and selection of viable ideas.

A Metro-North Yankee Stadium station is a viable idea.

A viable idea does lurk, well disguised and ill developed, in the recesses of the book, and it becomes relatively clear in the last few pages.

A highly viable dramatic idea has been buried beneath the wreckage.