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View synonyms for impracticable
impracticable
[ im-prak-ti-kuh-buhl ]
adjective
- not practicable; incapable of being put into practice with the available means:
an impracticable plan.
- unsuitable for practical use or purposes, as a device or material.
- (of ground, places, etc.) impassable.
- (of persons) hard to deal with because of stubbornness, stupidity, etc.
impracticable
/ ɪmˈpræktɪkəbəl /
adjective
- incapable of being put into practice or accomplished; not feasible
- unsuitable for a desired use; unfit
- an archaic word for intractable
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Derived Forms
- imˈpracticably, adverb
- imˌpracticaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From
- im·practi·ca·bili·ty im·practi·ca·ble·ness noun
- im·practi·ca·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of impracticable1
First recorded in 1645–55; im- 2 + practicable
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Example Sentences
I looked over the terrace; it was far too high to leap from; escape, if there was danger, was impracticable.
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It has usually been considered impracticable to combine any powers of compulsion with a Poor Law system.
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Then he conclusively proves the first impracticable and the second inexpedient.
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He was crotchetty and impracticable, a man of rash judgment and hasty action-as brave and as tenacious as a bulldog.
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Suffice it to say, the bordeaux was very respectable; but the beefsteak impracticable, and the poulette questionable.
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