infeasible

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adjective

in·​fea·​si·​ble (ˌ)in-ˈfē-zə-bəl How to pronounce infeasible (audio)
Synonyms of infeasiblenext
: not feasible : impracticable
infeasibility
(ˌ)in-ˌfē-zə-ˈbi-lə-tē How to pronounce infeasible (audio)
noun

infeasibility

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noun

in·​feasibility (¦)in+ How to pronounce infeasibility (audio)
: impracticability

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During the meeting, the developer’s representatives discussed state laws limiting local governments’ ability to deny certain housing developments or impose requirements that would make projects financially or legally infeasible. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Tearing down existing homes on land that is more than 6,000 square feet of the property and constructing multi-family units would produce a financial gap that makes the construction infeasible, according to the study. — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 Having legal experts evaluate large numbers of judgments was infeasible, Mehmood says, so the team asked OpenAI’s GPT-5-mini to choose between pairs of judgments from the same judge before and after training. — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Aug. 2026 Lastly, both of the attacks use methods that would likely be infeasible outside of testing environments. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for infeasible

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First Known Use

Adjective

1533, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of infeasible was in 1533

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