impracticable

Example Sentences

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It is hard to justify now, but back then it seemed impracticable to claw back our family’s time and tranquility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

“It is impracticable to guard against all possible danger of people’s choosing their officers indiscreetly,” Iredell told the North Carolina convention in 1788.

From Slate • May 9, 2025

Although it may seem impracticable, a renegotiation will look more appealing in the decades ahead of us, more so, I suspect, in the face of genuine hardship.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2024

FTX could owe money to more than 1 million people, making it "impracticable" to contact each, the papers said.

From Reuters • Jan. 6, 2023

I meant to become her governess once more, but I soon found this impracticable; my time and cares were now required by another—my husband needed them all.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë