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Difference Between Impractical and Impracticable

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Impractical

Unwise to implement or maintain in practice
Refloating the sunken ship proved impractical because of the great expense.

Impracticable

Impossible to do or carry out
Refloating the sunken ship intact proved impracticable because of its fragility.

Impractical

Incapable of dealing efficiently with practical matters, especially finances.

Impracticable

Unfit for passage
Roads impracticable in winter.

Impractical

Not a part of experience, fact, or practice; theoretical.
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Impracticable

(Archaic) Unmanageable; intractable.

Impractical

Impracticable. See Usage Note at impracticable.

Impracticable

Not practicable; impossible or difficult in practice

Impractical

Not practical; impracticable

Impracticable

Impassable
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Impractical

Not practical.

Impracticable

Unmanageable

Impractical

Not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters;
Refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense
He is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work

Impracticable

(obsolete) an unmanageable person

Impractical

Not practical or realizable; speculative;
Airy theories about socioeconomic improvement
Visionary schemes for getting rich

Impracticable

Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.

Impracticable

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 heartIs governed by a dainty-fingered girl.
Patriotic but loyal men went away disgusted afresh with the impracticable arrogance of a sovereign.

Impracticable

Incapable of being used or availed of; as, an impracticable road; an impracticable method.

Impracticable

Not capable of being carried out or put into practice;
Refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility
A suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances

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