impracticability

Examples

• All

• Another difference is that the impracticability provision doesn't contain the quote assumption of risk language that the mutual mistake provision contains.

• The other aspect of the Court's holding that raises some cause for concern is its determination that the President failed to make a sufficient showing of impracticability.

  Academic text (2007)

• These cases can also be distinguished on the grounds that the Court focused on the impracticability and burdens that resulted from numerous differing local regulations.

  Academic text (1991)

• If it were not for the fact of its impracticability, Madison can see no obstacle to the happiness or liberty of the individual citizen in a single, large republic:

  Academic text (1998)

• The Court determined that subsection (b) required a more substantial showing of impracticability than subsection (a) and that, under subsection (b), military commissions are subject to the rules governing courts-martial unless it is impracticable.

  Academic text (2007)

• Due to its high cost and technical challenges, the impracticability of the project became evident during the planning stages.

• The impracticability of implementing the new policy was clear to everyone involved in the discussion.

• Addressing every single issue raised by the community would lead to the impracticability of the proposed solution.

Synonyms

I

impossibility

vsimpracticability

37 5.3

A situation in which something cannot happen

focuses on failure to be used effectively rather than general inability to happen

I

impracticality

vsimpracticability

1 6.8

A situation when something cannot work well in everyday life

focuses instead on inability to use things effectively in practice

I

infeasibility

vsimpracticability

1 8.5

A situation where something cannot be done or is not practical

emphasizes inability to be used effectively rather than being totally unable to happen

I

impracticableness

vsimpracticability

• Formal

9.9

A state in which something cannot be done in real life

is more about failing to be used effectively in real situations

U

unworkability

vsimpracticability

7.7

Impossible or very difficult to make a plan succeed

stresses inability to use something effectively rather than occasional difficulty

I

inviability

vsimpracticability

8.5

A situation that is impossible or too difficult to make work

points to failure in effective use rather than simply failing to succeed

U

unfeasibility

vsimpracticability

9.3

The fact that something cannot be done

is more about inability to be used effectively rather than being simply not doable

U

unattainableness

vsimpracticability

9.2

The state of being impossible to reach or get

deals with failure to use something effectively rather than unreachable goals

U

unattainability

vsimpracticability

9.0

A state of not being able to reach or get something

focuses on inability to be used effectively rather than only failing to be gained

Antonyms

F

feasibility

18 4.5

How possible something is to do, like a plan or idea

P

practicability

1 5.9

Ability to be used successfully

How Practical

practicality

26 3.9

feasibility

18 4.5

impracticality

1 6.8

impracticability

• Formal

9.0

unworkability

7.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology