Synonyms for impracticable
- adjective
Most common
impossible unworkable unfeasible infeasible hopeless unattainable quixotic
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Impossible
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Not practicable; impossible or difficult in practice.
Related words
- Word family
- impracticability impracticableness impracticably
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A thing is impracticable when it can not be accomplished by any human means at present possessed; a thing is impossible when the laws of nature forbid it. The navigation of a river may now be impracticable, but not impossible, because the existing obstructions may yet be removed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- impossible It'll be impossible to get a visa at short notice.
- unworkable What must be done if the plan proves unworkable?
- unfeasible This plan is not just unfeasible, but impossible.
- infeasible Your idea is absolutely infeasible.
- hopeless Lee did not agree that the situation was hopeless.
- unattainable It was still a kind of unattainable dream for Tom.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| impracticable | falling | |
| impossible | steady | |
| unworkable | falling | |
| unfeasible | falling | |
| infeasible | rising | |
| hopeless | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- hopeless2, quixotic3
- 10 letters
- impossible4, unworkable4, unfeasible4, infeasible4
- 12 letters
- unattainable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hopeless2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- impraticable
- Italiano
- impraticabile