infeasible

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Recent Examples of infeasible That idea is infeasible and would, in fact, lead to fewer beds for teenagers overall, the state has said. Ryan Oehrli november 11, Charlotte Observer, 11 Nov. 2025 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infeasible
Adjective
  • But the brief, costly, impractical service still became one of the most romanticized episodes in American history—a legacy wildly disproportionate to its lifespan.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The creator notes the concept suits cabins, RVs, and off-grid structures particularly well — anywhere grid ties are impractical or expensive.
    Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • In court filings, the agency argued that changing testing protocols was unnecessary and impracticable.
    Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Sanders’ proclamations state that conducting an election to meet that requirement was both impracticable and unduly burdensome, without further explaining her reasoning.
    John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • For the uninitiated, Horses was one of those buzzy, impossible-to-get-into, celebrity-magnet restaurants in LA.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The results show that reproduction could pose a real challenge for future space settlers, but it still can’t be ruled out as impossible.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • California’s leaders have, at long last, passed legislation free of the requirements that rendered previous bills unworkable.
    Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Ever since the Canucks dealt Quinn Hughes, the environment in Vancouver has become completely unworkable.
    Thomas Drance, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Access to software updates or features can be expensive, limited, or revoked, leaving devices that are still in perfect physical condition unusable or not worth the subscription cost.
    Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The stove was missing burners and appeared to be unusable.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Regrettably, the end result was a set of new regulations that were not thoroughly vetted and, as a result, made compliance economically unfeasible.
    Jeff Montejano, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Brian Prest, an economist and fellow at Resources for the Future, a nonpartisan research group that focuses on natural resources, said domestically drilling the volume of oil necessary to offset the Strait of Hormuz shutdown is likely unfeasible.
    Garrett Downs, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026

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“Infeasible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infeasible. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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