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Impracticable significa “impraticabile”, cioè impossibile da realizzare: per esempio, un progetto è impracticable quando è inattuabile. Non bisogna confondere impracticable con impractical, che non ha precisamente lo stesso significato, ma indica qualcosa di “poco pratico”; cioè non impossibile da realizzare, ma scomodo e poco funzionale. Un suggerimento, per esempio, è impractical quando non vale la pena metterlo in pratica, perché richiederebbe troppo tempo o impegno.
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