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Practicable vs Unpracticable - What's the difference?

practicable | unpracticable |

As adjectives the difference between practicable and unpracticable

is that practicable is capable of being accomplished; feasible while unpracticable is not practicable.

practicable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Capable of being accomplished; feasible.
  • Serving a useful function; useful, functional or handy.
  • Available for use; accessible or employable.

    • Usage notes

    Example of use contrasted with practical: * "While others might agree that it really was practical to rewrite the entire section, it just was not truly practicable given other considerations."

    Synonyms

    * (capable of being accomplished) feasible, workable * usable

    Antonyms

    * impracticable

    Derived terms

    * practicability * practicableness * practicably

    Related terms

    * practical

    unpracticable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not practicable.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1869, author=Alexander Bain, title=Moral Science; A Compendium of Ethics, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=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. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1913, author=Stephen Graham, title=A Tramp's Sketches, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=It has been urged, "You are unpracticable ; you want a world of tramps--how are you going to live?" }}