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IMPRACTICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters
Example:
an impractical solution
Classified under:
Similar:
crazy; half-baked; screwball; softheaded (foolish; totally unsound)
meshuga; meshugga; meshugge; meshuggeneh; meshuggener (senseless; crazy)
quixotic; romantic; wild-eyed (not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic)
unfunctional (not related to or suitable for everyday needs or activities)
unwieldy (difficult to work or manipulate)
Also:
impossible (not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with)
unrealistic (not realistic)
Attribute:
practicality (concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities)
Antonym:
practical (concerned with actual use or practice)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not practical or realizable; speculative
Example:
visionary schemes for getting rich
Synonyms:
airy; impractical; Laputan; visionary; windy
Classified under:
Similar:
utopian (characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection)
Derivation:
impracticality (concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use)
