unpracticable

[ uhn-prak-ti-kuh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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

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

The experiment, however, would be worth a trial in cases where amputation is unpracticable and where death is the probable result.

He is very timid, and it would not suggest to him anything so unpracticable.

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

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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