impracticableness
- noun
- /ɪmˈpræktɪkəblnəs/
- Formal
- The impracticableness of the plan was evident from the start.
Examples
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The impracticableness of the plan became obvious once we considered the available resources.
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He argued at length about the impracticableness of setting up a colony on such an isolated island.
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Despite its initial appeal, the proposal was ultimately rejected for its sheer impracticableness.
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Many criticized the impracticableness of the proposed solutions.
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Despite its initial appeal, the proposal was ultimately rejected for its sheer impracticableness.
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He argued at length about the impracticableness of setting up a colony on such an isolated island.
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The impracticableness of the plan became obvious once we considered the available resources.
Synonyms
A situation in which something cannot happen
A situation when something cannot work well in everyday life
A situation where something cannot be done or is not practical
A situation where something cannot be done or used in real life
Impossible or very difficult to make a plan succeed
A situation that is impossible or too difficult to make work
The fact that something cannot be done
A state when something cannot happen or be done
The state of being impossible to reach or get
A state of not being able to reach or get something
Antonyms
How Practical
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
impracticableness = impracticable (transparent) = im + practic + able + ness
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'impracticable', so the meaning 'state of being not practicable' is directly derived.
Etymology
Impracticableness breaks into im- 'not' and practicable 'able to be done', the same idea behind the familiar words practical and practice. So it names the quality of something that cannot be put into practice or done in real life.