What is correct infeasible or unfeasible?

1. It seems preferable to use infeasible as an adjective, as in, “the infeasibility of the project became apparent”, and unfeasible as an adverb, as in, “completion of the project within the timeframe became unfeasible.”

What is the difference between impossible and infeasible?

As adjectives the difference between impossible and infeasible. is that impossible is not possible; not able to be done or happen while infeasible is not feasible.

Is there a word infeasible?

not feasible; impracticable.

What do you mean by infeasible?

: not feasible : impracticable.

Is unfeasible correct?

“Unfeasible” is in fact the more traditional, being the more popular of the two until “infeasible”, for some reason, leapfrogged it in the late 1970s. Above is the British usage. (Both words have declined in popularity in American usage, but “infeasible” overtook “unfeasible” at roughly the same time in America.)

What are synonyms for unfeasible?

synonyms for unfeasible

• impossible.
• impractical.
• unachievable.
• unattainable.
• unworkable.

What is a synonym for unfeasible?

What does economically unfeasible mean?

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

Does infeasible mean impossible?

Infeasible things are impossible, or too complicated to actually be done. Your idea of staging a city-wide game of Capture the Flag is probably infeasible.

What’s the difference between unfeasible and infeasibility?

Re: unfeasible vs infeasible According to the second edition (1989) of the Oxford English Dictionary it is not improper in British English to use the variant “infeasible”. The OED does say that “infeasible” is “rare”, but it provides examples of its having been used as recently as 1881.

Is the word infeasible acceptable in the UK?

They are alternative spellings, though in BrE “infeasible” is not acceptable. It is fine in AmE. According to the second edition (1989) of the Oxford English Dictionary it is not improper in British English to use the variant “infeasible”.

When did the OED start using the word infeasible?

The OED does say that “infeasible” is “rare”, but it provides examples of its having been used as recently as 1881. Its most recent example of the use of the variant “unfeasible” dates from 1886, which does not do much to demonstrate the comparative rarity of “infeasible”, since there is only five years between them.

What’s the difference between the adjective unfeasible and the adverb?

It seems preferable to use infeasible as an adjective, as in, “the infeasibility of the project became apparent”, and unfeasible as an adverb, as in, “completion of the project within the timeframe became unfeasible.” Highly active question.