IMPRACTICABIL'ITY IMPRAC'TICABLE, adjective [in and practicable. See Practice.] 1. That cannot be done or performed; infeasible; not to be effected by human means, or by the means proposed. It is impracticable for a man to lift a ton by his unassisted strength; but not impracticable for a man aided by a mechanical power. 2. Untractable; unmanageable; stubborn; as a fierce, impracticable nature. 3. That cannot be passed or traveled; as an impracticable road; a colloquial sense.
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