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impracticable definition

im·prac·ti·cable (im prak′ti kə bəl)

adjective

  1. not capable of being carried out in practice an impracticable plan
  2. not capable of being used an impracticable road
  3. Now Rare not capable of being managed or dealt with; intractable an impracticable person

Etymology: < in- + practicable

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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