impracticable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not capable of being carried out or put into practice

   Refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility.

2. 2
   adj

   Not practicable; impossible or difficult in practice.

   It has not been used for many years, and although it was impracticable to photograph the engine in the small confines of the shed it was possible to obtain a picture of the plate which it still carries showing the former ownership.

3. 3
   adj

   unmanageable

   And yet this tough impracticable heart / Is govern'd by a dainty-finger'd girl ; […].

4. 4
   noun

   an unmanageable person

   They were not allowed, of course, to join us in the sitting room, partly that their practice might not be disturbed, but principally, that I was looked upon as an utter impracticable.

From im- + practicable.

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