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Impracticability

IMPRACTICABIL'ITY IMPRAC'TICABLE, a. [in and practicable. See Practice.] 1. That cannot be done or performed; infeasible; not to be effected by human means,or by the means proposed. It is impracticable for a m...

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IMPRACTICABIL'ITY

IMPRAC'TICABLE, a. [in and practicable. See Practice.]

1. That cannot be done or performed; infeasible; not to be effected by human means,or by the means proposed. It is impracticable for a man to lift a ton by his unassisted strength; but not impracticable for a man aided by a mechanical power.

2. Untractable; unmanageable; stubborn; as a fierce, impracticable nature.

3. That cannot be passed or traveled; as an impracticable road; a colloquial sense.

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