IMPRACTICABLE
\ɪmpɹˈaktɪkəbə͡l], \ɪmpɹˈaktɪkəbəl], \ɪ_m_p_ɹ_ˈa_k_t_ɪ_k_ə_b_əl]\
Definitions of IMPRACTICABLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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not capable of being carried out or put into practice; "refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility"; "a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances"
By Princeton University
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not capable of being carried out or put into practice; "refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility"; "a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.
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Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt with; - used in a general sense, as applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get along with.
By Oddity Software
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Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.
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Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt with; - used in a general sense, as applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get along with.
By Noah Webster.
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Not to be effected by the means employed, or at command; not easily dealt with; unmanageable; impossible.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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That can not be done; unmanageable; unreasonable.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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That can not reasonably or profitably be done; not feasible; intractable.
By James Champlin Fernald
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That cannot be done in the circumstances; unmanageable; stubborn.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Not to be performed, unfeasible, impossible; untractable, unmanageable.
By Thomas Sheridan
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