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feez-uh-BIL-uh-tee/ˌfiːzəˈbɪləti/

Feasibility is how possible and practical a plan is, given cost, law, staffing, and time: a feasibility study, technical feasibility. Feasible (already in the dictionary) is the adjective; possibility is thinner and more abstract; a wish is not a study. Do not skip the night-shift line and keep the word.

Meaning

How possible and practical a plan is to carry out.

Examples

• “A feasibility note without a night-shift cost is not a feasibility note.”
• “Possibility is everyday and looser. Viability stresses whether it can survive. A pitch deck is sales. Cost, cover, and the fire certificate are the test. If the night line is blank, the study is unfinished.”

Good to know

How doable a plan is. Adjective: feasible (already in the dictionary). Contrast: a wish / a pitch. Night cost belongs in the note.

Near in meaning

viability

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