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.

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)

It has been urged, "You are unpracticable; you want a world of tramps—how are you going to live?"

From A Tramp's Sketches by Graham, Stephen

Areus, by frequent ambushes, and seizing positions where the ways were most unpracticable, harassed the Gauls and Molossians that brought up the rear.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh