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

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

I shall never admit that the plan of my campaign was unpracticable or ill contrived.

From The Bride of Dreams by Auw, Mellie von

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

From The Salvaging Of Civilisation by H. G.

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