Impracticable

That the land pray'd for Out of Groton Could it be Spared is in a very Incomodious place, & will render a Division of the remaining part of the town Impracticable & no ways Shorten the travel of the remotest Inhabit'nts.

The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884 Various

Is this fraction of our superfluity, flung without further thought or care into the collection box, likely to satisfy the Impracticable Idealist, who actually suggested -- one shrugs one's shoulders when one thinks of it -- that one should sell all one had and give to the poor?

The Angel and the Author, and others 1893

"Impracticable, sir! impracticable!" he roared out in a voice of thunder.

For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution Cyrus Townsend Brady 1890

Impracticable crags bar a straightforward course; they have to wind down precipitous mountain-sides to river-beds, and mount the next only to repeat the process, – a toilsome day's marching giving but a very unsatisfactory record of progress.

Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago 1887

So in this new controversy Mr. Temple stands on one side and I on the other; but this does not impair my respect for a man who is ready to "lose the world for an idea" -- even though that idea be erroneous and Impracticable.

Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences George William Erskine Russell 1886

'Impracticable!' the editor said shortly, 'I believe you, indeed.

Philistia Grant Allen 1873

Impracticable as the scheme may be regarded by the many, it is in conformity with the tendency of the age to bring all nations into closer communication and fraternal intercourse; and to all advance thinkers we recommend Mr. Vincent's aspiration and closely considered argument for the brotherhood of the human family.

The Woman's Advocate Vol. III No. II February, 1870 1870

Impracticable as the scheme may be regarded by the many, it is in conformity with the tendency of the age to bring all nations into closer communication and fraternal intercourse; and to all advance thinkers we recommend Mr. Vincent's aspiration and closely considered argument for the brotherhood of the human family.

The Woman's Advocate Vol. III 1870

Impracticable as the scheme may be regarded by the many, it is in conformity with the tendency of the age to bring all nations into closer communication and fraternal intercourse; and to all advance thinkers we recommend Mr. Vincent's aspiration and closely considered argument for the brotherhood of the human family.

Literary 1870

Impracticable, of course, in a certain sense he was; but his part was that of a reformer, and to compromise with the corruption against which he was contending would have been to lose the only means of influence, which, having no military force and no party, he possessed -- the unquestioned integrity of his character.

Lectures and Essays Goldwin Smith 1866