impracticable
[ im-prak-ti-kuh-buhl ]
/ ɪmˈpræk tɪ kə bəl /
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.
QUIZZES
DON’T VACILLATE! VANQUISH THIS WORD OF THE DAY QUIZ!
It’d be a real faux pas to miss this quiz on the words from August 3–9, 2020!
Question 1 of 7
What does “vacillate” mean?
Origin of impracticable
First recorded in 1645–55; im-2 + practicable
OTHER WORDS FROM impracticable
im·prac·ti·ca·bil·i·ty, im·prac·ti·ca·ble·ness, nounim·prac·ti·ca·bly, adverbWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH impracticable
impossible, impracticable , impractical, improbable.Words nearby impracticable
impound, impoundment, impoverish, impoverished, impower, impracticable, impractical, imprecate, imprecation, imprecise, impredicative
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for impracticable
British Dictionary definitions for impracticable
impracticable
/ (ɪmˈpræktɪkəbəl) /
adjective
incapable of being put into practice or accomplished; not feasible
unsuitable for a desired use; unfit
an archaic word for intractable
Derived forms of impracticable
impracticability or impracticableness, nounimpracticably, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012