adjective
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not practical or workable
an impractical solution
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not given to practical matters or gifted with practical skills
he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work
Other Word Forms
- impracticality noun
- impractically adverb
- impracticalness noun
Etymology
Origin of impractical
Example Sentences
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But this would have been impractical given the rarity of the disease, and unethical because some children would receive a placebo for a fatal disease.
Since it is impractical for activists to sue under state law every time a proposal is filed, Mr. Atkins would essentially hand the decision over to management.
Huge numbers of low-cost drones have become a key part in defending the country from Russian attacks that can involve hundreds of attack drones, rendering traditional missile defence systems impractical and costly.
From BBC
A later generation of sociologists might have diagnosed Göring’s martial flamboyance as a form of “homeovestism”—that is, exaggerated and often impractical gender-normative dress or behavior intended to signal elite social status.
Along with complaints about the building’s size, the Geffen Galleries’ heavy use of concrete had been criticized as an impractical choice for hanging art.
From Los Angeles Times
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