infeasible
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of infeasible
Explanation
Infeasible things are impossible, or too complicated to actually be done. Your idea of staging a city-wide game of Capture the Flag is probably infeasible. After several frustrating attempts at walking your cat around the neighborhood on a leash, you might finally decide the idea is infeasible — it's just not going to work the way you imagined. When something is feasible, it's entirely possible. Feasible comes from the Old French faisable, "that may be done," from the Latin root facere, "to make or do." When you add the "not" prefix in-, you get infeasible.
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And coal would likely remain part of the energy mix for decades, with the need for baseload power and dependence on imports making a full phase-out infeasible before "the mid-2050s".
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
The Environment Agency told the Cunliffe Review that "the treatment costs of meeting 'good' may render the new reservoirs infeasible".
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Instead, they said that market and financial conditions had changed, rendering the plans infeasible, according to a letter sent by Ofland’s attorney to the city of Twentynine Palms last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
The FDA already requires randomized controlled trials prior to approving vaccines and most medicines—except when they would be unethical or infeasible, as is the case for rare diseases and terminal cancers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
"It does not seem infeasible," Professor Bernardi admitted tightly.
From Collector's Item by Evelyn E. Smith
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