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A. Business is feasible and may be accepted if the BC ratio is greater than 1.

B. Business is unfeasible and may be rejected if the BC ratio is less than 1.

Can I use non-feasible instead of unfeasible?

clara
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You can use the word not to negate the adjective:

It is not feasible.

Or

It is impossible under the circumstances.

That is the "natural" way to say it. You might find some jargon-riddled contexts where non-feasible is used.

TimR
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    There's also "impracticable" and "infeasible". "Impossible" seems too strong a word to me. – ColleenV Sep 11 '17 at 11:30
  • Impossible isn't impossible. People use it far more often than they do "infeasible" to mean "cannot proceed given the requirements or circumstances". – TimR Sep 11 '17 at 11:32
  • infeasible is well-attested but appears mostly in technical contexts. It does not enjoy broad use among native speakers. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22infeasible%22&tbm=bks&lr=lang_en – TimR Sep 11 '17 at 11:35
  • I didn't mean it as a criticism - a lot of folks use impossible where I wouldn't. I worked closely with my Japanese counterparts in a previous job, and saying something was "impossible" was frowned upon - it was just very, very difficult :) As far as infeasible goes, the context looked technical to me. – ColleenV Sep 11 '17 at 11:49
  • I didn't take it as a negative criticism but as a valid one -- I've added "under the circumstances" to the example in my answer :) A blunt and unqualified "impossible" is, as you say, not the same as "not feasible". – TimR Sep 11 '17 at 11:57