impracticable

• On one occasion when the Treasury clerks told him that some required mode of making up the accounts was impracticable, they were met with the curt reply: "Never mind, if you can't do it, I'll send you half-a-dozen pay sergeants that will,"--a hint that they did not fail to take MCXCVII.--A "DISTANT" FRIEND MEETING a negro on the road, a traveller said, "You have lost some of your friends, I see?" —  The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings
• Systems of primary and secondary schools are impracticable, and, for want of these, institutions of higher education either languish or are never begun. —  A History of American Christianity
• Resistance was impracticable, and none was attempted; the militia surrendered, and were confined as prisoners; but prisoners of what? —  The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
• It was found impracticable, and our present form of government was adopted, which acts upon individuals, and is not designed to act upon States. —  The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
• It seemed not impracticable--she clambered down Hist! —  Sketches

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