impracticability en · NOUN
Etymology
From impracticable + -ability.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality or condition of being impracticable.
It is more than possible that the distress I was now in for money, and the impracticability of going on in this manner, might have restored me at once to my senses and to my studies, had I opened my eyes before I became involved in debts from which I saw no hopes of ever extricating myself.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
- (countable, uncountable) An impracticable thing.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| impracticabilities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Translations (8)
gv roghoilleeid (the quality or condition of being impracticable) · ro impractibilitate (the quality or condition of being impracticable) · gv neuchooilleentaght (the quality or condition of being impracticable) · bg неизпълнимост (the quality or condition of being impracticable) · fi epäkäytännöllinen (an impracticable thing) · ca impracticabilitat (the quality or condition of being impracticable) · pt impraticabilidade (the quality or condition of being impracticable) · fi epäkäytännöllisyys (the quality or condition of being impracticable)