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unfeasibility

unfeasibility

9.3
The fact that something cannot be done
  • noun
  • /ʌnˈfiːzəˌbɪlɪti/
translation icon : inviabilidad
  • The unfeasibility of achieving the target within the given timeframe led to the team re-evaluating their goals.

Examples

  • Many experts agree that the unfeasibility of the proposed plan makes it unlikely to succeed.

  • The so-called construction "risk" -- which basically means high cost and some financial uncertainty, rather than engineering unfeasibility -- existed.

    Blog text (12)
  • Regardless of the difficulties facing Cuba's leaders, the decisive factor has been the unfeasibility of the current model.

    Blog text (8)
  • The financial meltdown and the global recession exposed, in addition to other things, the unfeasibility of the modern European entitlement state.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Hirose tried to explain the unfeasibility of producing that kind of movie in five days for under $50,000, but she'd made up her very limited mind.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • I make no effort to survey all of the types of shows of the early Third Republic or even to treat a representative sample, a project beyond the scope of a single article and one whose unfeasibility as a research endeavor points up the pressing need for a synthetic study of dealers and art institutions of this period.

    Academic text (1991)
  • "I think they did an admirable job, though they bungled in a few areas," he says, noting the unfeasibility of the original one-stop shopping approach in which the board attempted to also cover air and water issues in the regulations.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The project was abandoned due to the unfeasibility of completing it within the budget constraints.

Synonyms

impossibility
vsunfeasibility
37 5.3

A situation in which something cannot happen

focuses on not being possible to carry out an action
impracticality
vsunfeasibility
1 6.8

A situation when something cannot work well in everyday life

describes not being possible to carry out rather than merely unsuitable
infeasibility
vsunfeasibility
1 8.5

A situation where something cannot be done or is not practical

treats not being possible to carry out rather than mere difficulty
impossible
vsunfeasibility
1 4.3

Something that cannot be done or achieved

refers to the general state of not being possible to carry out actions
impossibleness
vsunfeasibility
9.1

A state when something cannot happen or be done

is about not being possible to carry out or perform tasks
impracticability
vsunfeasibility
  • Formal
9.0

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

focuses on not being possible to carry out actions in real situations
impracticableness
vsunfeasibility
  • Formal
9.9

A state in which something cannot be done in real life

limits meaning to inability to apply an idea rather than total inability
unworkability
vsunfeasibility
7.7

Impossible or very difficult to make a plan succeed

focuses on impossibility to carry out rather than severe difficulty
inviability
vsunfeasibility
8.5

A situation that is impossible or too difficult to make work

covers both inability to act and lack of practicality, not only pure impossibility
unattainableness
vsunfeasibility
9.2

The state of being impossible to reach or get

emphasizes doing or carrying out actions rather than reaching or obtaining goals
unattainability
vsunfeasibility
9.0

A state of not being able to reach or get something

focuses on being not possible to carry out actions rather than only getting something

Antonyms

18 4.5

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

Ability to be used successfully

How Feasible

feasibility
18 4.5
possibility
2.0
difficulty
651 2.4
impracticability
  • Formal
9.0
unfeasibility
9.3
impossibility
37 5.3

Surface Forms

unfeasibility singular

Morphology

unfeasibility = unfeasible (transparent) = un + feasible + ity

Built from the adjective 'unfeasible' with the regular noun-forming suffix '-ity', so the derivation is clear to learners.

Etymology

Unfeasibility starts with un- ('not') and the rest comes from feasible, which means 'able to be done' and comes from an old word for 'to do', like in factory or manufacture. So, unfeasibility is the state of something being 'not possible to do'.