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infeasible

adjective

Definition of infeasiblenext
as in impractical

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Recent Examples of infeasible For their part, do politicians and agency leaders like it when their pet projects are assessed by intelligence as unwise or infeasible? — Gregory F. Treverton, The Conversation, 8 June 2026 California’s experience with 2021’s Senate Bill 9, which legalized duplexes on single-family lots, showed that cities responded by adopting additional design standards and minimum lot size requirements, making many projects financially or physically infeasible. — Christina Mojica, Oc Register, 26 May 2026 The team at Mullvad and the researcher who discovered the bug both reported the issue to Google via the Android issue tracker, but Google closed it as infeasible to fix. — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026 The coalition listed several requests for the transportation department, including to provide detailed structural analyses by engineers experienced in historic bridge rehabilitation to support claims that preservation is infeasible. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for infeasible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infeasible
  1. impractical
  2. impracticable
  3. impossible
  4. unworkable
  5. unusable
  6. unfeasible
Adjective
  • The denominator includes greater speed, capacity and outputs that were once impractical.
    — Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The shoes, which consist of little more than a leather heel cap laced around the foot, feel almost deliberately impractical.
    — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of impractical
Adjective
  • The Republican appointees said the legal protections apply only in formal immigration proceedings, and would be too impracticable and burdensome to apply at the border.
    — Leah Litman, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026
  • Steer clear of impracticable, luxurious purchases that might tempt you.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
Definition of impracticable
Adjective
  • That shot was impossible because the camera kept losing everybody.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Massive disruptions and price instability are forcing businesses to make impossible decisions.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of impossible
Adjective
  • Rather than unworkable claims of an absolute certainty about an absolute reality, Rovelli sees science as an invitation to the great creative effort of seeking knowledge.
    — Adam Frank, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Opponents have branded the bill unsafe and unworkable, citing concerns around potential coercion of vulnerable people and a lack of safeguards for those with disabilities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of unworkable
Adjective
  • There’s a brief pause, and then my phone goes haywire, inundated with Bluetooth signal spam — new Airpods connections, contact requests, an avalanche of popups that make my phone basically unusable until Hedge shuts it off.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Phoenix Semiconductor engineers helped NAVAIR recover a supply of unusable legacy chips for a safety-critical system on the F/A-18 Super Hornet.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of unusable
Adjective
  • While the city has already greenlit more than 31,000 units over the past decade, according to housing staff, nearly two-thirds of them — over 20,000 homes — determined to be financially unfeasible — remain stuck on paper.
    — Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The solution—cutting spending or raising taxes—is politically unfeasible, especially with elections approaching.
    — Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
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“Infeasible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infeasible. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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