impracticable

[US]/ɪm'præktɪkəb(ə)l/

[UK]/ɪm'præktɪkəbl/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. not able to be carried out; difficult to deal with.

it was impracticable to widen the road here.

roads impracticable in winter.

It is impracticable for some parents to exact obedience of their children.

The damage it would cause makes the idea utterly impracticable.

Refloating the sunken ship intact proved impracticable because of its fragility.

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