Impracticable

English

Adjective

Impracticable (comparative more Impracticable, superlative most Impracticable)

1. Not practicable; impossible or difficult in practice.
2. Of a passage or road: impassable.
3. (obsolete) Of a person or thing: unmanageable.

Antonyms

• (impossible or difficult in practice): practicable

Derived terms

• impracticability
• impracticableness
• impracticably

Noun

Impracticable (plural Impracticables)

1. (obsolete) An unmanageable person.

Adverbs for Impracticable

absurdly; terribly; notionally; absolutely; utterly; foolishly; manifestly; obviously; desperately; hopelessly; formidably; awkwardly; perplexingi;.; completely.

Thesaurus

awkward, disadvantageous, impossible, impractical, inapplicable, inconvenient, infeasible, nonfunctional, troublesome, unacceptable, unachievable, unattainable, undesirable, unfeasible, unfit, unrealizable, unsatisfactory, unserviceable, unsuitable, unusable, unworkable, useless

Etymology

From im- +‎ practicable.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪmˈpɹaktɪkəb(ə)l/

Translations

Adjective

not practicable

Dutch: onuitvoerbaar French: impraticable (fr) m. and f.

German: unausführbar

impassable

Dutch: onbegaanbaar, onberijdbaar

French: impraticable (fr) m. and f.