feasibility
the possibility, capability, or likelihood of something being done or accomplished (often used attributively):Conservationists are studying the feasibility of restoring steelhead trout to the creek.A wireless feasibility study last year yielded discouraging results, so the city will not be proceeding with a citywide Wi-Fi network.
Origin of feasibility
1- Rarely fea·si·ble·ness [fee-zuh-buhl-nis] /ˈfi zə bəl nɪs/ .
Other words from feasibility
- non·fea·si·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·fea·si·ble·ness, noun
- un·fea·si·bil·i·ty, noun
- un·fea·si·ble·ness, noun
Words Nearby feasibility
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How to use feasibility in a sentence
“It’s precisely why we’re conducting this feasibility study,” Kerl wrote, referring to a pipeline economic feasibility study that Water Authority members will vote on Thursday.
Morning Report: Beiser Unlikely to Leave Board, Despite New Removal Process | Voice of San Diego | November 18, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoHowever, she said, the state is doing its own “monorail feasibility study” that will be released later this fall.
Monorail between Montgomery and Frederick counties would generate billions in economic benefits, study says | Katherine Shaver | October 29, 2020 | Washington PostWith regards to feasibility, construction of the cabin does not require any special materials, according to Young.
What might COVID winter dining look like? IDEO and Chicago have some out-there ideas | Brett Haensel | October 9, 2020 | FortuneA growing number of startups seem to think they can do things faster and cheaper, but judging the feasibility of these private endeavors has proven challenging.
New Reactor Design Could Produce First Ever Energy-Positive Fusion Reaction | Edd Gent | October 5, 2020 | Singularity HubThis adds a level of feasibility to the panspermia theory, which proposes that life on Earth is the child of a distant parent.
Clumps of bacteria could spread life between planets | Paola Rosa-Aquino | August 27, 2020 | Popular-Science
Many argued that the feasibility study itself was commercial whaling.
Court Rules Japan Can No Longer Slaughter Whales in The Antarctic | Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky | March 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd yet, despite the banter, the crux of the issue is the feasibility of it all.
IVF for Just $300 Could Be a Reality Soon | Randi Hutter Epstein | August 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut even he doubts the feasibility of a two-state plan, writes Dan Ephron.
Palestine’s Gandhi: Civil Disobedience the Best Hope for Peace | Dan Ephron | December 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut like growing numbers of Palestinians—and Israelis—he has creeping doubts about the feasibility of the two-state plan.
Palestine’s Gandhi: Civil Disobedience the Best Hope for Peace | Dan Ephron | December 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTOlbermann felt the technical glitches plaguing his program cast doubt on the feasibility of live election coverage.
Keith Olbermann’s Angry Email Trail Traces Breakup With Current TV | Howard Kurtz | April 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIts feasibility appeared to him unquestioned, and to it he gave a hearty and unqualified approval.
The doubt which she had cast upon the feasibility of his scheme heightened after the victrola was introduced into the flat.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood BrounThe thoughtful ones saw its feasibility, and numbers spoke upon the question.
Two Decades | Frances W. Graham and Georgeanna M. GardenierIt effected nothing; but the failure was powerless to impair Ralegh's faith in the value and feasibility of his discoveries.
Sir Walter Ralegh | William StebbingThe object was both to impress the Indians, and to report upon the feasibility of an advanced military post near Fort Laramie.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XXX | Joel Palmer
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