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Synonyms for impracticability

Grammar : Noun
Spell : im-prak-ti-kuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpræk tɪ kə bəl

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Définition of impracticability

Origin :
  • "incapable of being done," 1670s, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + practicable. Earlier in a sense of "impassable" (1650s).
  • As in impossibility : noun hopelessness
Example sentences :
  • The impracticability of successful assault on the north side was then accepted.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses S. Grant » by Walter Allen
  • In all this could be read the merciless greed and impracticability of these goldseekers.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of the Goldseekers » by Hamlin Garland
  • He thought that because of its madness it was impracticable, but because of its impracticability it was divine.
  • Extract from : « Quo Vadis » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • Nor could I consider the magnitude and complexity of my plan as any argument of its impracticability.
  • Extract from : « Frankenstein » by Mary W. Shelley
  • It met with much opposition on the grounds of impracticability and expense.
  • Extract from : « Historic Highways of America (Vol. 3) » by Archer Butler Hulbert
  • One impracticability makes as effectual a barrier as a thousand.
  • Extract from : « The Works of William Cowper » by William Cowper
  • This restiveness and impracticability are principally incident to us in the period of youth.
  • Extract from : « Thoughts on Man » by William Godwin
  • He wrote to him accordingly, stating the impracticability of the attempt.
  • Extract from : « Hernando Cortez » by John S. C. Abbott
  • But nearly all felt the impracticability of further resistance.
  • Extract from : « History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain » by William H. Prescott
  • The objection to the authority of educated bodies is its impracticability.
  • Extract from : « The English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham

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