2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impracticable \Im*prac"ti*ca*ble\, 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. ``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.'' --Mickle. ``With men this
is impossible, but with God all things are possible.''
--Matt. xix. 26.
From WordNet r 1.6 [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" [syn: {infeasible},
{unfeasible}, {unworkable}]
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