impracticability

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Number theory—the study of patterns in numbers—had long had an aura of abstract impracticability: math for math’s sake.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

She glossed over the impracticability of the proposal: It won’t solve highway traffic congestion.

From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2022

“But here, think about the impracticability of this – there is no one to serve,” said Lallas, calling the complaint a “fishing expedition.”

From Fox News • Jul. 29, 2020

The Sunday Times’ report also includes information about how Qatar allegedly and surreptitiously paid an American professor who published a paper about the economic impracticability of hosting a World Cup.

From Slate • Jul. 29, 2018

Rupert, as we have seen, was anxious for the very same thing, but he saw its impracticability and yielded to necessity.

From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva