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infeasible Definition

in·fea·sible (in fēzə bəl)

adjective

not feasible; not easily done; impracticable

infeasible Related Forms
in·fea′·sibil·ity noun
infeasible Usage Examples

Infinitive complement

  • find: A digest has the following properties: It should be computationally infeasible to find another input string that will generate the same digest.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: However, this approach would very quickly become infeasible with more than a few parameters.
  • prove: The nationwide metadata enhanced search engine proved infeasible, federated metadata initiatives were not.
  • seem: In this situation, political resolution of the issue by means of an administrative ballot recount seemed infeasible.

Modifying Another Word

  • computationally: A digest has the following properties: It should be computationally infeasible to find another input string that will generate the same digest.
  • politically: However, an outright ban on smoking is politically infeasible, given concerns for civil liberties.

Modifies a noun

  • solution: How to get rapid convergence in the vicinity of a locally infeasible solution.