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impracticable

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im·prac·ti·ca·ble  (m-prkt-k-bl)
adj.
1. Impossible to do or carry out: Refloating the sunken ship intact proved impracticable because of its fragility.
2. Unfit for passage: roads impracticable in winter.
3. Archaic Unmanageable; intractable.

im·practi·ca·bili·ty, im·practi·ca·ble·ness n.
im·practi·ca·bly adv.
Usage Note: The adjective impracticable applies to a course of action that is impossible to carry out or put into practice; impractical, though it can be used in this way, also can be weaker in sense, suggesting that the course of action would yield an insufficient return or would have little practical value. A plan for a new stadium may be rejected as impracticable if the site is too marshy to permit safe construction, but if the objection is that the site is too remote for patrons to attend games easily, the plan is better described as impractical. See Usage Note at practicable.

impracticable
Adjective
1. not able to be put into practice
2. unsuitable for a desired use
impracticability n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.impracticableimpracticable - not capable of being carried out or put into practice; "refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility"; "a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances"
impossible - not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation"

impracticable
Translations
impracticable [ɪmˈpræktɪkəbl] adjno factible, irrealizable

impracticable [ɪmˈpræktɪkəbl] adjimpraticable

impracticable [ɪmˈpræktɪkəbl] adj (idea) → undurchführbar;
(solution) → unbrauchbar

impracticable [ɪmˈpræktɪkəbl] adjimpraticabile

impracticable
adj impracticable [imˈprӕktikəbl]
not able to be put into practice, used, done etc a completely impracticable idea. onuitvoerbaar غَير قابِل للتَّنْفيذ неосъществим neuskutečnitelný umulig; uladsiggørlig unausführbar ακατόρθωτος, μη πραγματοποιήσιμος impracticable kasutuskõlbmatu غیر عملی käyttökelvoton irréalisable לא מַעֲשִׂי अव्यवहारिक neostvariv kivihetetlen mustahil dipraktekkan óframkvæmanlegur, óraunhæfur inattuabile 実行不可能な 실행할 수 없는 neįvykdomas nerealizējams; neizpildāms tidak dapat dipraktikkan onuitvoerbaar ugjennomførbar, umulig niewykonalny impraticável irealizabil; inapli­cabil невыполнимый neuskutočniteľný neizvedljiv neostvariv ogenomförbar, ogörlig ซึ่งไม่เหมาะสม (ที่จะใช้) uygulanamaz, yapılamaz 不能實行的,不可行的 нездійсненний ناقابل عمل không thực tế 不能不可
n imˌpracticaˈbility
onuitvoerbaarheid عَدَم قابِلِيَّة الشَّيء للتنفيذ неизпълнимост neproveditelnost umulighed die Undurchführbarkeit η ιδιότητα του να είναι κτ. ανέφικτο impracticabilidad kasutuskõlbmatus امر نشدنی käyttökelvottomuus impraticabilité अव्यवहारिकता neostvarivost kivihetetlenség hal tidak praktis óframkvæmanleiki, óraunhæfi impraticabilità 実行不可能 실행 불가능(한 것) neįvykdomas dalykas nerealizējamība; neizpildāmība tidak dapat dilaksanakan onuitvoerbaarheid det som ikke kan gjennomføres niewykonalność impraticabilidade caracter inapli­cabil невыполнимость neuskutočniteľnosť neizvedljivost neostarivost ogenomförbarhet ความไม่เหมาะสม (ที่จะใช้) uygulanamazlık, yapılamazlık 行不通 нездійсненність نا قابل عمل ہونے کی کیفیت tính không thực tế


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"He has come to the conclusion," Cathcart said, "that the scheme is impracticable altogether and the concessions worthless.
He really felt conscientiously vexed on the occasion; for the very exertion to which he had limited the performance of his promise to his father was by this arrangement rendered impracticable.
If we know that the enemy is open to attack, and also know that our men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the nature of the ground makes fighting impracticable, we have still gone only halfway towards victory.
 
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