Synonyms of impracticable

impracticable

adjective

(ˌ)im-ˈprak-ti-kə-bəl 

as in impractical

not capable of being put to use or account

an impracticable plan for dealing with the recent intrusion of bears in the suburban neighborhood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impractical
• useless
• unsuitable
• unusable
• unworkable
• unserviceable
• inoperable
• unavailable
• inaccessible
• nonpractical
• unattainable
• unobtainable
• unreachable
• inoperative
• inert
• inactive
• idle
• latent
• unrealistic
• fallow
• arrested
• interrupted
• suspended
• dormant
• free
• dead

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• feasible
• practicable
• useful
• practical
• applicable
• workable
• available
• operational
• functional
• usable
• serviceable
• operable
• accessible
• obtainable
• utilizable
• ultrapractical
• reachable
• procurable
• handy
• operating
• active
• employed
• acquirable
• busy
• operative
• functioning
• working
• alive
• running
• all-around

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of impracticable

Sanders’ proclamations state that conducting an election to meet that requirement was both impracticable and unduly burdensome, without further explaining her reasoning. —John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025

One is a single state with equal rights for Palestinians and Jews, which would be wonderful but is simply impracticable given attitudes on both sides. —Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2025

Few school districts will be able to afford costly litigation over opt-out rights or to divert resources to administering impracticable notice and opt-out systems for individual students. —Stephen L. Carter, Mercury News, 8 July 2025

But his chairman had requested the impracticable. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025