impracticability


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im·prac·ti·ca·ble

(ĭm-prăk′tĭ-kə-bəl)
adj.
1. Impossible to do or carry out: Refloating the sunken ship intact proved impracticable because of its fragility.
2. Unfit for passage: roads impracticable in winter.
3. Archaic Unmanageable; intractable.
im·prac′ti·ca·bil′i·ty, im·prac′ti·ca·ble·ness n.
im·prac′ti·ca·bly adv.
Usage Note: The adjective impracticable applies to a course of action that is impossible to carry out or put into practice; impractical, though it can be used in this way, also can be weaker in sense, suggesting that the course of action would yield an insufficient return or would have little practical value. A plan for a new stadium may be rejected as impracticable if the site is too marshy to permit safe construction, but if the objection is that the site is too remote for patrons to attend games easily, the plan is better described as impractical. See Usage Note at practicable.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. impracticability - the quality of not being usable
inutility, unusefulness, uselessness - the quality of having no practical use
infeasibility, unfeasibility - the quality of not being doable
practicability, practicableness - the quality of being usable
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Translations
عَدَم قابِلِيَّة الشَّيء للتنفيذ
neproveditelnost
umulighed
kivihetetlenség
óframkvæmanleiki, óraunhæfi
neuskutočniteľnosť
uygulanamazlıkyapılamazlık

impracticability

[ɪmˌpræktɪkəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N → impracticabilidad f
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impracticability

n → Impraktikabilität f; (of design, size) → Unbrauchbarkeit f; (of road) → schlechte Befahrbarkeit
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

impracticability

[ɪmˌpræktɪkəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → inattuabilità
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impracticable

(imˈprӕktikəbl) adjective
not able to be put into practice, used, done etc. a completely impracticable idea. onuitvoerbaar غَير قابِل للتَّنْفيذ неосъществим impraticável neuskutečnitelný unausführbar umulig; uladsiggørlig ακατόρθωτος, μη πραγματοποιήσιμος impracticable kasutuskõlbmatu غیر عملی toteuttamiskelvoton irréalisable לא מַעֲשִׂי अव्यवहारिक neostvariv kivihetetlen mustahil dipraktekkan óframkvæmanlegur, óraunhæfur inattuabile 実行不可能な 실행 불가능한 neįvykdomas nerealizējams; neizpildāms tidak dapat dipraktikkan onuitvoerbaar ugjennomførbar, umulig niewykonalny نه عملى كيدونكى، نه اجراكيدونكى، نه اداره كيدونكى impraticável irealizabil; inapli­cabil невыполнимый neuskutočniteľný neizvedljiv neostvariv ogenomförbar, ogörlig ซึ่งไม่เหมาะสม (ที่จะใช้) uygulanamaz, yapılamaz 行不通的 нездійсненний ناقابل عمل không thực tế 不能实行的,不可行的
imˌpracticaˈbility noun
onuitvoerbaarheid عَدَم قابِلِيَّة الشَّيء للتنفيذ неизпълнимост impraticabilidade neproveditelnost die Undurchführbarkeit umulighed η ιδιότητα του να είναι κτ. ανέφικτο impracticabilidad kasutuskõlbmatus امر نشدنی epätarkoituksenmukaisuus impraticabilité अव्यवहारिकता neostvarivost kivihetetlenség hal tidak praktis óframkvæmanleiki, óraunhæfi impraticabilità 実行不可能 실행 불가능 neįvykdomas dalykas nerealizējamība; neizpildāmība tidak dapat dilaksanakan onuitvoerbaarheid det som ikke kan gjennomføres niewykonalność نه عملى كيدونكى impraticabilidade caracter inapli­cabil невыполнимость neuskutočniteľnosť neizvedljivost neostarivost ogenomförbarhet ความไม่เหมาะสม (ที่จะใช้) uygulanamazlık, yapılamazlık 行不通 нездійсненність نا قابل عمل ہونے کی کیفیت tính không thực tế 行不通
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