impracticable

  • 41commercial impracticable — Words which depict a situation involved in the performance of a contract which could not have been within the contemplation of the parties at the time the contract was made. Naylor, B. & Co. v Krainische Industrie Gesellschaft (Eng) 118 LT NS 442 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 42impractical — impracticable, impractical These two words have related meanings to do with the impossibility of doing something, and correspond to the positive forms practicable, practical. Impractical is a relatively recent (19c) word and means the same as… …

    Modern English usage

  • 43impractical —  , impracticable, unpractical  If a thing could be done but isn’t worth doing, it is impractical or unpractical (the words mean the same). If it can’t be done at all, it’s impracticable (the word means incapable of being put into practice ) …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 44impracticability — impracticable ► ADJECTIVE ▪ impossible in practice to do or carry out. DERIVATIVES impracticability noun impracticably adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 45impracticably — impracticable ► ADJECTIVE ▪ impossible in practice to do or carry out. DERIVATIVES impracticability noun impracticably adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 46im|prac´ti|ca|ble|ness — im|prac|ti|ca|ble «ihm PRAK tuh kuh buhl», adjective. 1. not working well in practice; not practicable: »impracticable suggestions. 2. that cannot be used: »an impracticable road. Owing to a slight miscalculation, the invention proved to be… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 47im|prac|ti|ca|ble — «ihm PRAK tuh kuh buhl», adjective. 1. not working well in practice; not practicable: »impracticable suggestions. 2. that cannot be used: »an impracticable road. Owing to a slight miscalculation, the invention proved to be impracticable (Lytton… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 48practicable — ► adjetivo 1 Que puede ser realizado: ■ necesitamos propuestas practicables; no considero que este experimento sea practicable con un humano. SINÓNIMO realizable ANTÓNIMO impracticable 2 Que puede ser transitado: ■ unas máquinas quitaron la nieve …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 49impractical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. impracticable; unwise, imprudent, unrealistic; unsound, illogical; harebrained. See imagination, impossibility. Ant., practical. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unrealistic, unworkable, unreal,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 50political philosophy — Branch of philosophy that analyzes the state and related concepts such as political obligation, law, social justice, and constitution. The first major work of political philosophy in the Western tradition was Plato s Republic. Aristotle s… …

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