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adjective
1.
not practicable; incapable of being put into practice with the available means: an impracticable plan.
2.
unsuitable for practical use or purposes, as a device or material.
3.
(of ground, places, etc.) impassable.
4.
(of persons) hard to deal with because of stubbornness, stupidity, etc.
Related forms
im·prac·ti·ca·bil·i·ty, im·prac·ti·ca·ble·ness, noun
im·prac·ti·ca·bly, adverb
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Impracticable
has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
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| impracticable (ɪmˈpræktɪkəbəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | incapable of being put into practice or accomplished; not feasible |
| 2. | unsuitable for a desired use; unfit |
| 3. | an archaic word for intractable |
| impractica'bility | |
| —n | |
| im'practicableness | |
| —n | |
| im'practicably | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
impracticable
1677, from in- "not" + practicable. "Incapable of being done." Impractical, in the same sense, dates from 1865.
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