Definition of Impracticable

Im`prac´ti`ca`ble
a.1.Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.
2.Not to be overcome, persuaded, 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.
This though, impracticable heart
Is governed by a dainty-fingered girl.
- Rowe.
Patriotic but loyal men went away disgusted afresh with the impracticable arrogance of a sovereign.
- Palfrey.
3.Incapable of being used or availed of; as, an impracticable road; an impracticable method.


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

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