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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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