Word Meanings - IMPRACTICABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking. 2. Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable;

Additional info about word: IMPRACTICABLE

1. Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking. 2. Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt with; -- used in a general sense, as applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get along with. This though, impracticable heart Is governed by a dainty-fingered girl. Rowe. Patriotic butloyal men went away disguested afresh with the impracticable arrogance of a sovereign. Palfrey. 3. Incapable of being used or availed of; as, an impracticable road; an impracticable method. Syn. -- Impossible; infeasible. -- Impracticable, Impossible. A thing is impracticable when it can not be accomplished by any human means at present possessed; a thing is impossible when the laws of nature forbid it. The navigation of a river may now be impracticable, but not impossible, because the existing obstructions may yet be removed. "The barons exercised the most despotic authority over their vassals, and every scheme of public utility was rendered impracticable by their continued petty wars with each other." Mickle. "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." Matt. xix. 26.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of IMPRACTICABLE)

• Dogged
• Obstinate
• morose
• sullen
• impracticable
• prejudiced

Related words: (words related to IMPRACTICABLE)

• PREJUDICATIVE
  Forming a judgment without due examination; prejudging. Dr. H. More.
• PREJUDICAL
  Of or pertaining to the determination of some matter not previously decided; as, a prejudical inquiry or action at law.
• MOROSE
  particular way or habit, fr. mos, moris, manner, habit, way of life: 1. Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe. "A morose and affected taciturnity." I. Watts. 2. Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts. Syn. -- Sullen; gruff;
• MOROSENESS
  Sourness of temper; sulenness. Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. I. Watts. Note: Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or fretfulness, though often accompained with it. It denotes
• PREJUDICATE
  1. Formed before due examination. "Ignorance and prejudicate opinions." Jer. Taylor. 2. Biased by opinions formed prematurely; prejudiced. "Prejudicate readers." Sir T. Browne.
• DOGGET
  Docket. See Docket.
• MOROSELY
  Sourly; with sullen austerity.
• OBSTINATE
  a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob + a word from the 1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.
• DOGGERMAN
  A sailor belonging to a dogger.
• PREJUDICATION
  1. The act of prejudicating, or of judging without due examination of facts and evidence; prejudgment. A preliminary inquiry and determination about something which belongs to a matter in dispute. A previous treatment and decision of a point; a
• PREJUDICANT
  Influenced by prejudice; biased. " With not too hasty and prejudicant ears." Milton.
• DOGGED
  1. Sullen; morose. The sulky spite of a temper naturally dogged. Sir W. Scott. 2. Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work.
• DOGGEDLY
  In a dogged manner; sullenly; with obstinate resolution.
• DOGGREL
  See DOGGEREL
• PREJUDICATELY
  With prejudice.
• DOGGISH
  Like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish; growling; brutal. -- Dog"*gish*ly, adv. -- Dog"gish*ness, n.
• SULLEN
  French fr. LL. solanus solitary, fr. L. solus alone. See 1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. Wyclif . 2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. Milton. Solemn hymns so sullen dirges change. Shak. 3. Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious. Such sullen planets
• DOGGER
  A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch.
• PREJUDICIAL
  1. Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye. Holyday. 2. Tending to obstruct or impair; hurtful; injurious; disadvantageous; detrimental. Hooker. His going away . . . was most prejudicial and most ruinous
• IMPRACTICABLENESS
  The state or quality of being impracticable; impracticability.
• IMPREJUDICATE
  Not prejuged; unprejudiced; impartial. Sir T. Browne.
• UNPREJUDICED
  1. Not prejudiced; free from undue bias or prepossession; not preoccupied by opinion; impartial; as, an unprejudiced mind; an unprejudiced judge. 2. Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced judgment. -- Un*prej"u*diced*ness, n. V.
• DISPREJUDICE
  To free from prejudice. W. Montagu.