unpracticable

American  

[uhn-prak-ti-kuh-buhl] / ʌnˈpræk tɪ kə bəl /

adjective

1. impracticable.

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Other Word Forms

• unpracticability noun
• unpracticableness noun
• unpracticably adverb

Etymology

Origin of unpracticable

First recorded in 1640–50; un- ¹ + practicable

Example Sentences

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

He had pinned his faith on Pompey's ultimate opposition to Cæsar, and yet did not wholly trust him, and was fully aware of the unpracticable nature of Cato and the weakness of the Optimates.

From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Shuckburgh, Evelyn S.

Well, there is something a little too flimsy and unpracticable about that word Utopia.

From The Salvaging Of Civilisation by H. G.

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?

From In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts by Erasmus, Desiderius

To excuse himself from not aiding this reform Mr. Savage cries, visionary, unpracticable!

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)