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English Dictionary: impracticable	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for impracticable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impracticable adj not capable of being carried out or put into practice; "refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility"; "a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances" Synonym(s): impracticable, infeasible, unfeasible, unworkable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impracticable \Imprac"ticable\, a. 1. Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable* undertaking. 2. Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt with; -- used in a general sense, as applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get along with. This though, impracticable heart Is governed by a dainty-fingered girl. --Rowe. Patriotic butloyal men went away disguested afresh with the impracticable arrogance of a sovereign. --Palfrey. 3. Incapable of being used or availed of; as, an impracticable road; an impracticable method. Syn: Impossible; infeasible. -- {Impracticable}, {Impossible}. A thing is impracticable when it can not be accomplished by any human means at present possessed; a thing is impossible when the laws of nature forbid it. The navigation of a river may now be impracticable, but not impossible, because the existing obstructions may yet be removed. [bd]The barons exercised the most despotic authority over their vassals, and every scheme of public utility was rendered impracticable by their continued petty wars with each other.[b8] --Mickle. [bd]With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.[b8] --Matt. xix. 26.