impractical

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

not able to be achieved
impossibleThere's no way we'll be able to get the paperwork done in time – it's impossible.
unachievableThere is no point in setting unachievable goals for yourself.
unattainableThese bodybuilders are chasing an unattainable ideal – they'll never be as muscular as they want.
unfeasibleIt would be unfeasible to try to ban all petrol vehicles at the moment.
infeasibleThe company has promised a fully self-driving car in a year, but engineers say it is technically infeasible.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Unachievable
be (a) no goidiom
be on a hiding to nothingidiom
be on the road to nowhereidiom
be out of your leagueidiom
cat
ghost
goodbye
impossibility
impossible
impracticably
in/out of the runningidiom
infeasible
league
running
silk
unattainable
unfeasible
unfeasibly
unrealizable
unscalable

Examples of impracticable

impracticable
Unfortunately, the logarithm prevents every useful factorization of such an average and makes this method impracticable.
This project engaged some attention, but it was soon felt to be impracticable, and the thought was consequently abandoned.
First, while the use of a postal questionnaire made the collection of qualitative data impracticable, it enabled a large number of homes to be surveyed.
Proxy interviews were employed when direct interviews were impracticable for reasons of failing health or cognitive impairment.
No doubt it would be quite impracticable,32 but the possibility at least illustrates the distinction between the two types of legal relation.
What does it mean to say that rewarding desert is 'impracticable'?
If a medical examination proved to be 'impracticable', then the petition had to instead be accompanied by a certificate to that effect.
In the case of passenger traffic this would be impracticable, and the only solution of the problem is extensive clearing.
They are somewhat impracticable to use because of the difficulty in describing them.
Some commentators certainly think that, though the scheme may ultimately be impracticable, it is in principle the appropriate egalitarian policy.
Unfortunately, such a sweeping scope of moral concern for the prima facie duty of nonmaleficence is highly impracticable.
But, till a gravity network of ideas replaced the flat-earth network, the idea that the earth was round was also too impracticable to suggest.
However, cordons sanitaires - that is, strict protection of a linear border - had become increasingly impracticable.
However, in our case, about 70000 levels resulted from the considered configurations, which make the direct calculations almost impracticable in time.
Also, non-linearities in cell responses make, for example, multiplexing of luminance and chromatic signals in the parvocellular pathway impracticable.
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