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impracticable definition
im·prac·ti·cable (im prak′ti kə bəl)
adjective
- not capable of being carried out in practice an impracticable plan
- not capable of being used an impracticable road
- Now Rare not capable of being managed or dealt with; intractable an impracticable person
Etymology: < in- + practicable
Related Forms:
- impracticability im·prac′·ti·cabil′·ity noun or impracticableness im·prac′·ti·cable·ness
- impracticably im·prac′·ti·cably adverb
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