infeasible

adjective

in·​fea·​si·​ble (ˌ)in-ˈfē-zə-bəl How to pronounce infeasible (audio)
: not feasible : impracticable
infeasibility noun

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To break the encryption would mean finding a fast solution to these supposedly infeasible problems, an act that would overturn a foundational assumption of modern math. Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025 The San Jose City Council had previously approved plans for the site that included a combination of up to 850 apartments and condos and a commercial building up to 455,000 square feet, but with the struggles of the office market, the plan became infeasible to finance. Devan Patel, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025 So when experiments are simply infeasible, an alternative is to make some reasonable assumptions on how observational data would behave if the association was causal and then see if the data aligns with these causal assumptions. Mark Louie Ramos, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2025 The Court rejects this request for a ‘bubble injunction’ as infeasible, unworkable, and likely to cause further injury to Conway Plaintiffs’ religious rights. Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for infeasible

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First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of infeasible was in 1533

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“Infeasible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infeasible. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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