feasibility

[ fee-zuh-bil-i-tee ]

/ ˌfi zəˈbɪl ɪ ti /

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noun

the possibility, capability, or likelihood of something being done or accomplished (often used attributively):Conservationists are studying the feasibility of restoring steelhead trout to the creek.A wireless feasibility study last year yielded discouraging results, so the city will not be proceeding with a citywide Wi-Fi network.

Sometimes fea·si·ble·ness [fee-zuh-buhl-nis] /ˈfi zə bəl nɪs/ .

Origin of feasibility

feasibl(e) + -ity

OTHER WORDS FROM feasibility

non·fea·si·bil·i·ty, nounnon·fea·si·ble·ness, nounun·fea·si·bil·i·ty, nounun·fea·si·ble·ness, noun

Words nearby feasibility

fearfully, fearless, fearnought, fearsome, feasance, feasibility, feasibility study, feasible, feast, feast day, Feast of Dedication

Example sentences from the Web for feasibility

Many argued that the feasibility study itself was commercial whaling.
Court Rules Japan Can No Longer Slaughter Whales in The Antarctic|Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And yet, despite the banter, the crux of the issue is the feasibility of it all.
IVF for Just $300 Could Be a Reality Soon|Randi Hutter Epstein|August 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But even he doubts the feasibility of a two-state plan, writes Dan Ephron.
Palestine’s Gandhi: Civil Disobedience the Best Hope for Peace|Dan Ephron|December 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But like growing numbers of Palestinians—and Israelis—he has creeping doubts about the feasibility of the two-state plan.
Palestine’s Gandhi: Civil Disobedience the Best Hope for Peace|Dan Ephron|December 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Olbermann felt the technical glitches plaguing his program cast doubt on the feasibility of live election coverage.
Keith Olbermann’s Angry Email Trail Traces Breakup With Current TV|Howard Kurtz|April 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Of the feasibility of this latter, however, General Stoneman was to judge.
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete|Ulysses S. Grant
When bed-time came they went gaily to bed, not even Betty doubting the feasibility of their getting to the train on the morrow.
Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp|Alice B. Emerson
Incredulity had no more a place as it respected the feasibility of talking to persons at a distance.
Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century|Various
They all agreed that the success of the plan depended on its feasibility.
Punchinello, Vol. II., No. 34, November 19, 1870|Various
They had already mentioned the feasibility of making a great detour to the south to gain the coast.
Wang the Ninth|Putnam Weale