SKIP TO CONTENT

unfeasible

Something that's unfeasible just won't work, no matter what you try. You might decide after many attempts that fitting a sofa into the trunk of your car is unfeasible.

Use the adjective unfeasible to describe things that are impossible. Your plans to travel around the world might turn out to be unfeasible if you haven't saved enough money. It's also unfeasible to get around many cities and towns without a car. The word's been around since the 1500's, a combination of the prefix un, or "not," and feasible, which means "possible" or "easy," from the Latin root facere, "do or make."

Definitions of unfeasible
  1. adjective
    not capable of being carried out or put into practice
    “a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances”
    impossible
    not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
Cite this entry
Style:
MLA
  • MLA
  • APA
  • Chicago

Copy citation
DISCLAIMER: These example sentences appear in various news sources and books to reflect the usage of the word ‘unfeasible'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Vocabulary.com or its editors. Send us feedback
Word Family