Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unpracticable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-prac-ti-ca-ble
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not practicable.

Example Sentences

"But so unpracticable is this design, that although sometimes conceived, it is never executed; the civil magistrate knows that it would be utterly destructive of human society; sublime as may be the ideal justice that it supposes, he sets it aside on the calculation of its bad consequences."
"It has been urged, "You are unpracticable; you want a world of tramps--how are you going to live?""

Etymology

From un- + practicable.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unpracticable (comparative) most unpracticable (superlative)

Derived Forms

unpracticability unpracticableness unpracticably

Frequently Paired Words

impracticable

Questions

What does unpracticable mean?: Not practicable.
Where does unpracticable come from?: From un- + practicable.

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