Im*prac"ti*ca*ble (?), a. 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, persuaded,
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 but loyal men
went away disgusted 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.
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