At one time it was thought impracticable for man to fly.
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Impracticable
Synonyms for "impracticable" (32 found)
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Related words (16)
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4 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- неизпълним adj (not practicable)
- неподатлив adj (not practicable)
- непроходим adj (impassable)
Catalan
2 entries- impracticable adj (not practicable)
- impracticable adj (impassable)
Dutch
3 entries- onbegaanbaar adj (impassable)
- onberijdbaar adj (impassable)
- onuitvoerbaar adj (not practicable)
Esperanto
1 entries- nefarebla adj (not practicable)
French
2 entries- impraticable adj (not practicable)
- impraticable adj (impassable)
German
4 entries- impraktikabel adj (not practicable)
- unausführbar adj (not practicable)
- unbefahrbar adj (impassable)
- unbegehbar adj (impassable)
Manx
1 entries- neuchooilleentagh adj (not practicable)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صارپ adj (impassable)
Portuguese
4 entries- impraticável adj (not practicable)
- impraticável adj (impassable)
- inviável adj (not practicable)
- inviável adj (impassable)
Romanian
2 entries- impracticabil adj (not practicable)
- nepracticabil adj (not practicable)
Spanish
1 entries- impracticable adj (not practicable)
Swedish
2 entries- ogenomförbar adj (not practicable)
- outförbar adj (not practicable)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
His plan sounds impracticable.
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The reader will doubtless take up this little work with an incredulous smile, supposing that he is about to peruse the impracticable schemes of some good citizen of Utopia. I would, therefore, in the first place, beg of him to lay aside all prejudice, and treat seriously and critically the question brought before him.
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It would evidently be utterly impracticable to throw the whole traditional nomenclature overboard and create a totally new one.
Source: tatoeba (9940585)
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