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10 Language-to-English DictionariesImpracticability
/ɪmˌpræk.tɪ.kəˈbɪl.ə.ti/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The quality or state of being impossible to do, carry out, or put into practice successfully.
"The committee abandoned the project due to the sheer financial impracticability of the proposed design." - 2
A characteristic or detail of a plan that makes it unworkable or unrealistic.
"She quickly pointed out several impracticabilities in the new corporate policy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin prefix 'im-' (not), combined with 'practicabilis', from the verb 'practicare' (to carry out, perform), originating from Greek 'praktikos' (active, practical). It evolved in Late Middle English and Renaissance terminology to describe things that cannot be effectively put into practice or execution.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Impracticability" is said worldwide
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impraticabilité
Transliteration: ɛ̃.pʁa.ti.ka.bi.li.te
"L'impraticabilité du plan a forcé l'équipe à recommencer à zéro."
Undurchführbarkeit
Transliteration: ʊndʊʁçˈfyːɐ̯baːɐ̯kaɪt
"Die Undurchführbarkeit des Vorhabens wurde schnell offensichtlich."
impraticabilità
Transliteration: im.pra.ti.ka.bi.liˈta
"L'impraticabilità della strada ha reso necessario un percorso alternativo."
impracticabilidad
Transliteration: im.pɾak.ti.ka.βi.liˈðad
"La impracticabilidad del acuerdo llevó a su cancelación definitiva."
impraticabilidade
Transliteration: ĩ.pɾa.tʃi.ka.bi.liˈda.dʒi
"Eles discutiram a impracticabilidade técnica da nova tecnologia."
अव्यवहार्यता
Transliteration: avyavaharyata
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"योजना की अव्यवहार्यता के कारण इसे रद्द कर दिया गया।"
不可行性
Transliteration: bù kě xíng xìng
Script: 中文汉字
"由于该计划的不可行性，经理决定放弃它。"
비실행성
Transliteration: bisilhaengseong
Script: 한국어 한글
"우리는 그 프로젝트의 비실행성을 깨달았다."
実行不可能性
Transliteration: jikkō fukanōsei
Script: 日本語
"その計画の実行不可能性が会議で指摘された。"
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