unpracticable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- unpracticability noun
- unpracticableness noun
- unpracticably adverb
Etymology
Origin of unpracticable
First recorded in 1640–50; un- 1 + practicable
Example Sentences
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I pray as sincerely for the king's happy and long life as any man alive; and for me to go about to raise a rebellion, which I looked upon as so wicked and unpracticable, is unlikely.
From Project Gutenberg
In an era dominated by such orthodox craftsmen as Tennyson and Wordsworth, Hopkins' innovations were baffling even to his few admirers�"veins of pure gold imbedded in masses of unpracticable quartz," according to Coventry Patmore.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well, there is something a little too flimsy and unpracticable about that word Utopia.
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For farther, what city would ever submit to the rigorous laws of Plato, to the severe injunctions of Aristotle? or the more unpracticable tenets of Socrates?
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To excuse himself from not aiding this reform Mr. Savage cries, visionary, unpracticable!
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