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impracticable

[im-prak-ti-kuh-buhl] / ɪmˈpræk tɪ kə bəl /


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It is hard to justify now, but back then it seemed impracticable to claw back our family’s time and tranquility.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

"It may be impracticable that our distinctively American experiment of individual freedom should go on."

From Salon Oct. 29, 2023

FTX could owe money to more than 1 million people, making it "impracticable" to contact each, the papers said.

From Reuters Jan. 6, 2023

What he wanted instead was to test it, something that at first seemed impracticable.

From Slate Jan. 24, 2022

I meant to become her governess once more, but I soon found this impracticable; my time and cares were now required by another—my husband needed them all.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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