adj
Meaning 1
Not practicable; impossible or difficult in practice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: practicable
Standard Lemma guide
impracticable
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ɪmˈpɹaktɪkəb(ə)l/
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CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P R AE1 K T IH0 K AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
impassable (of a passage or road)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
unmanageable
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
an unmanageable person
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
not capable of being carried out or put into practice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility
- a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: infeasible, unfeasible, unworkable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English practicable English impracticable From im- + practicable.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неизпълним (neizpǎlnim) — not practicable
- Bulgarian: неподатлив (nepodatliv) — not practicable
- Catalan: impracticable — not practicable
- Dutch: onuitvoerbaar — not practicable
- Esperanto: nefarebla — not practicable
- French: impraticable — not practicable
- German: undurchführbar — not practicable
- German: unausführbar — not practicable
- German: unpraktikabel — not practicable
- German: impraktikabel — not practicable
- Manx: neuchooilleentagh — not practicable
- Portuguese: impraticável — not practicable
- Portuguese: inviável — not practicable
- Romanian: impracticabil — not practicable
- Romanian: nepracticabil — not practicable
- Spanish: impracticable — not practicable
- Swedish: ogenomförbar — not practicable
- Swedish: outförbar — not practicable
- Bulgarian: непроходим (neprohodim) — impassable
- Catalan: impracticable — impassable
- Dutch: onbegaanbaar — impassable
- Dutch: onberijdbaar — impassable
- French: impraticable — impassable
- German: unwegsam — impassable
- German: unbegehbar — impassable
- German: unbefahrbar — impassable
- Portuguese: impraticável — impassable
- Portuguese: inviável — impassable
- Ottoman Turkish: صارپ (sarp) — impassable