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practicableness

practicableness

8.4
The quality of being possible to do in real life
  • noun
  • /ˈpræktɪkəblnəs/
translation icon : practicabilidad
  • The practicableness of his plan was questioned by several team members during the meeting.

Examples

  • She admired the idea for its ambition but doubted its practicableness in real-world conditions.

  • Engineers evaluated the practicableness of installing solar panels on the new building.

  • The practicableness of the proposal was questioned by many.

  • Can you assess the practicableness of this plan?

  • Engineers evaluated the practicableness of installing solar panels on the new building.

  • She admired the idea for its ambition but doubted its practicableness in real-world conditions.

  • The practicableness of his plan was questioned by several team members during the meeting.

Synonyms

workability
vspracticableness
1 4.8

How well a plan or idea can be used in real life

is about basic capability to be done rather than success degree
practicability
vspracticableness
1 5.9

Ability to be used successfully

focuses on being capable of being done or applied
doability
vspracticableness
1 4.9

How possible something is to do

highlights practical capability rather than mere possibility
feasibleness
vspracticableness
6.4

How possible it is to do something

centres on actual ability to be carried out in practice
realizability
vspracticableness
  • US
7.0

The possibility of making a plan or idea real

focuses more narrowly on being capable of being done or applied

Antonyms

9.0

A situation where something cannot be done or used in real life

How Practical

workability
1 4.8
practicableness
8.4
practicality
26 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

practicableness = practicable (transparent) = practic + able + ness

A straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'practicable' using the productive suffix '-ness' to indicate a quality or state.

Etymology

Practicableness comes from the familiar word practice and the ending -ness, and is closely related to practical. Because practice means 'to do or use', practicableness is the quality of being 'doable' or able to be 'put into practice'.