impracticable
1
7.3
- adjective
- /ɪmˈpræktɪkəbl/
- Formal
:
impracticable
- Due to the heavy snowfall, it became impracticable for the rescue team to reach the stranded hikers.
- clearly impracticable
Examples
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What used to be highly impracticable in distance education, namely direct interactions between individuals, became well within reach through the Internet.
Academic text (2015) -
However, some have argued that it would be too costly and impracticable to address every learning object in this way (Sloan et al., 2006).
Academic text (2008) -
For all their love, an immediate marriage would be impracticable, out of the question.
Fiction book (2000) -
However, many feel like this is impossible or impracticable.
Academic text (2002) -
The researcher can then run an otherwise impracticable number of experiments that clearly reveal constraints on the process in question.
Academic text (1999) -
However, even if an order-following role could be justified, it is impracticable.
Academic text (1994) -
The PLA is taking steps to correct many of the shortcomings identified above that currently make certain potential solutions impracticable.
Academic text (1997) -
In the context of current economic and governmental realities and policies, expensive landslide-control measures, including agroforestry, are impracticable for many farmers.
Academic text (1991) -
It was impracticable to complete the project on such a tight deadline.
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Many experts agree that implementing the proposed solution is impracticable given the current resources.
Synonyms
38
5.3
Not sensible or likely to work in real life
18
6.3
Not possible to get or reach
11
5.1
Too difficult or impossible to do successfully
4
6.8
Not possible to do or make work
3
6.3
Not possible to do or reach
2
7.2
Not possible to do or make happen
1
4.9
Not possible to do because of little time or no help
1
8.5
Impossible to do or make real
1
8.7
Impossible to do or make happen
Not sensible or likely to happen
Antonyms
How Practical
507
2.6
88
4.9
38
5.3
11
5.1
- Formal
1
7.3
∞
1.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
impracticable = practicable (transparent) = im + practic + able
The negative prefix 'im-' clearly negates 'practicable' to mean 'not capable of being put into practice'.
Etymology
Impracticable comes from im- meaning 'not' and practice (from a root meaning 'to do' or 'try in real life'). So, impracticable means 'not able to be put into practice' or 'not able to be done'.