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  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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