IMPRACTICABLE Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

impracticable

adjective

(ˌ)im-ˈprak-ti-kə-bəl

Definition of impracticable

as in impractical

not capable of being put to use or account an impracticable plan for dealing with the recent intrusion of bears in the suburban neighborhood

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Recent Examples of impracticable In court filings, the agency argued that changing testing protocols was unnecessary and impracticable. — Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 29 Jan. 2026 Sanders’ proclamations state that conducting an election to meet that requirement was both impracticable and unduly burdensome, without further explaining her reasoning. — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025 One is a single state with equal rights for Palestinians and Jews, which would be wonderful but is simply impracticable given attitudes on both sides. — Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2025 Few school districts will be able to afford costly litigation over opt-out rights or to divert resources to administering impracticable notice and opt-out systems for individual students. — Stephen L. Carter, Mercury News, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for impracticable

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Wearing impractical stilettos and clutching a massive Stanley cup, Trina is introduced to her new pupils.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Their potential applications include modeling advanced materials and chemical reactions, optimizing complex logistics networks and addressing some computational problems that are impractical for today’s systems.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026

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