impracticability

UK: /ɪmˌpræktɪkəˈbɪlɪtɪ/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

im•prac•ti•ca•ble /ɪmˈpræktɪkəbəl/   adj. 

1. not practicable:
   Your idea to give everyone a computer workstation is impracticable.

im•prac•ti•ca•bly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

im•prac•ti•ca•ble  (im prak′ti kə bəl), adj. 

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.

• im-² + practicable 1645–55

im•prac′ti•ca•bil′i•ty, im•prac′ti•ca•ble•ness, n. 
im•prac′ti•ca•bly, adv.