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.
