infeasible

adjective

in·​fea·​si·​ble (ˌ)in-ˈfē-zə-bəl How to pronounce infeasible (audio)
: not feasible : impracticable
infeasibility noun

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Similarly, Google’s Quantum AI division introduced the Willow chip, a 105-qubit processor capable of solving computational tasks previously deemed infeasible for classical supercomputers. Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025 What To Know Attorneys representing TikTok and ByteDance argue that divesting the platform both commercially and technologically is infeasible. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 Training networks with many hidden layers (known as deep nets) seemed computationally infeasible. Zachary C. Lipton, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2016 There is such a jumble of different paths that can lead to a decision that retracing the machine’s steps is basically infeasible. Kenneth Neil Cukier, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019 See all Example Sentences for infeasible 

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First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of infeasible was in 1533

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“Infeasible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infeasible. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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