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How to use the word impracticable in a Sentence?

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WADA is supposed to be committed to the athletes and fair play, yet when Dr. Moses and Ms. Scott showed the courage to step forward and try to speak their truth in order to achieve reform, transparency and accountability, WADA made it impracticable.

– Ben Chew

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Investor requests for redemption...in addition to the general reduction of liquidity in the fixed income markets, have made it impracticable for (Focused Credit Fund) going forward to create sufficient cash to pay anticipated redemptions without resorting to sales at prices that would unfairly disadvantage the remaining shareholders.

– Third Avenue

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal. It does not follow that every item which we confidently accept as physical knowledge has actually been certified by the Court; our confidence is that it would be certified by the Court if it were submitted. But it does follow that every item of physical knowledge is of a form which might be submitted to the Court. It must be such that we can specify (although it may be impracticable to carry out) an observational procedure which would decide whether it is true or not. Clearly a statement cannot be tested by observation unless it is an assertion about the results of observation. Every item of physical knowledge must therefore be an assertion of what has been or would be the result of carrying out a specified observational procedure.

– Sir Arthur Eddington, The Philosophy of Physical Science

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.

– Francois De La Rochefoucauld

added by anonymous
13 years ago

For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal. It does not follow that every item which we confidently accept as physical knowledge has actually been certified by the Court our confidence is that it would be certified by the Court if it were submitted. But it does follow that every item of physical knowledge is of a form which might be submitted to the Court. It must be such that we can specify (although it may be impracticable to carry out) an observational procedure which would decide whether it is true or not. Clearly a statement cannot be tested by observation unless it is an assertion about the results of observation. Every item of physical knowledge must therefore be an assertion of what has been or would be the result of carrying out a specified observational procedure.

– Sir Arthur Eddington

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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