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unfeasible

adjective
un·​fea·​si·​ble | \ ˌən-ˈfÄ“-zÉ™-bÉ™l How to pronounce unfeasible (audio) \

Definition of unfeasible

: not capable of being done or carried out : not feasible an economically unfeasible plan

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Plus those public paths through the yacht clubs are just plain unfeasible, according to the San Diego Yacht Club and many of its members. San Diego Union-Tribune, "Your pier or mine? La Playa docks are dredging up big controversy in this upscale Shelter Island area," 24 Aug. 2019 Everyone else is either completely unfeasible, such as New York’s incompetent mayor, Bill de Blasio, or an outright socialist. Conrad Black, National Review, "Today’s Campaign Rhetoric Is Not Exactly Cicero," 13 Aug. 2019 Enforcing an adequate price on carbon emissions has been politically unfeasible across the world. Kuwar Singh, Quartz India, "Making coal pricier is a cheaper way to cut Indian emissions than pushing renewables," 9 Aug. 2019 Mitigation measures, such as additional lanes and more efficient traffic signals, have been identified but are labeled unfeasible for the time being because of required coordination with city or regional agencies. San Diego Union-Tribune, "SDSU Mission Valley: Here’s what kind of traffic you can expect," 5 Aug. 2019 Its July closure marks an end, at least temporarily, to a 52-year run that began at the height of the city’s counterculture movement but grew financially unfeasible as the neighborhood and the economics of operating a medical clinic changed. Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, "End of an era in Haight-Ashbury: Original free clinic closes its doors," 3 Aug. 2019 Together, those transfer values reach an enormous and surely unfeasible tally of €474m. SI.com, "How Real Madrid Plan to Raise at Least €300m Through Player Sales This Summer," 26 June 2019 And a wholesale move out of China looks unfeasible, not least because few other places possess the expertise that agglomerations like Shenzhen have built up over the years. The Economist, "Taiwan’s computing titans are caught up in the US-China tech war," 6 June 2019 Patterson said the construction costs, on top of low enrollment, made the third campus unfeasible. Perry Stein, Washington Post, "Charter school abandons plan for third campus in D.C. after low enrollment," 14 May 2018

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First Known Use of unfeasible

1527, in the meaning defined above

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