as in impractical
not capable of being put to use or account
an impracticable plan for dealing with the recent intrusion of bears in the suburban neighborhood
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Recent Examples of impracticable
But his chairman had requested the impracticable.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
The plan’s 10-year phase-in period, which was intended to lower costs and make implementation more feasible, was criticized as impracticable.
—Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 July 2024
Contractual force majeure is rarely invoked and enforced to allow the nonperformance of contracts that have become either impossible or impracticable due to some catastrophic event, including natural disasters and wars.
—Alexander Talel, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2023
Besides, the structure of Prescott’s contract makes that monumentally impracticable.
—Dallas News, 27 Jan. 2023
See All Example Sentences for impracticable
Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
The plan’s 10-year phase-in period, which was intended to lower costs and make implementation more feasible, was criticized as impracticable.
—Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 July 2024
Contractual force majeure is rarely invoked and enforced to allow the nonperformance of contracts that have become either impossible or impracticable due to some catastrophic event, including natural disasters and wars.
—Alexander Talel, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2023
Besides, the structure of Prescott’s contract makes that monumentally impracticable.
—Dallas News, 27 Jan. 2023
See All Example Sentences for impracticable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impracticable
Adjective
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Collecting demonstrations by teleoperating robots works in limited scenarios but becomes impractical in many real-world settings.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
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Directed by Leslie Iwerks, the film argues that Disneyland was not only impractical, but a stunning race against time.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Brown’s statement on Monday was mostly useless corporate-speak.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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This tiny amount of copper acts as a molecular steering wheel, preventing sugar molecules from shattering into useless carbon dioxide.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Impracticable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impracticable. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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