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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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 According to Dye and members of LaCava’s staff, LaCava noted that past attempts to move animals from the beach had been unsuccessful or deemed infeasible. Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025 But automating a radiologist’s entire diagnostic job was infeasible because CheXpert was not equipped to process the ancillary medical histories, conversations, and diagnostic data that radiologists rely on for interpreting scans. David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 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 13 Oct. 2025.

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