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Not to be appeased or quieted. [Obs.] Spenser. -- Im*pa"ca*bly, adv.

the quality of being impeccable; exemption from sin, error, or offense. Infallibility and impeccability are two of his attributes. Pope.

One who is impeccable; esp., one of a sect of Gnostic heretics who asserted their sinlessness. God is infallible, impeccable, and absolutely perfect. P. Skelton.

The quality or state of being implacable.

Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince. I see thou art implacable. Milton. An object of implacable enmity. Macaulay.

The quality of being implacable; implacability.

In an implacable manner.

The state or quality of being impracticable; infeasibility. Goldsmith.

Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.

The state or quality of being impracticable; impracticability.

In an impracticable manner. Morality not impracticably rigid. Johnson.

The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness.

Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case. J. S. Mill.

The quality or state of being incommunicable, or incapable of being imparted.

Not communicable; incapable of being communicated, shared, told, or imparted, to others. Health and understanding are incommunicable. Southey. Those incommunicable relations of the divine love. South. -- In`com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness, n. -- In`com*mu"ni*ca*bly, adv.

Incapable or undeserving of being deprecated. Cockeram.

Incapable of being The bad seed thus sown was ineradicable. Ld. Lytton.

So as not to be eradicable.

The quality or state of being inexplicable. H. Spencer.

Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable mystery. "An inexplicable scratching." Cowper. Their reason is disturbed; their views become vast and perplexed, to others inexplicable, to themselves uncertain. Burke.