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Recent Examples of impracticable 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 While guides to sustainable touring do exist, their suggestions are often unaffordable or impracticable for most musicians. Jake Blount, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for impracticable
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Adjective
  • But as someone who lives in an NYC apartment and doesn’t have the worries of car ownership or a pet to clean up after, the machine felt bulky and impractical for my lifestyle.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The girls are wearing heeled white dance shoes that are defiantly impractical for the city streets, in striking contrast to the robust sneakers that everyone else has on.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Miles are useless for trying to define how enormous our galaxy is.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement One Battle After Another, Eddington, and The Mastermind all comedically register white men as useless political collaborators.
    Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Impracticable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impracticable. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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