make sth impracticable
Frequency: 5.51.4 per million words
To cause a plan or action to become impossible to carry out.
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Examples (10)
- The damage it would cause makes the idea utterly impracticable.
- Lack of funding could make the entire project impracticable.
- His strict demands made any compromise impracticable.
- The harsh weather conditions made further exploration impracticable.
- Without proper tools, attempting such a repair would be impracticable.
- The bureaucracy involved made swift action impracticable.
- The remote location made regular deliveries impracticable.
- Their conflicting schedules made a joint meeting impracticable.
- The sudden change in policy made our original plan impracticable.
- Technological limitations currently make interstellar travel impracticable.