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impracticable

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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