impractical
Origin of impractical
1Other words from impractical
- im·prac·ti·cal·i·ty, im·prac·ti·cal·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with impractical
- impossible, impracticable, impractical , improbable
Words Nearby impractical
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How to use impractical in a sentence
Often the best places were inaccessible without a long hike from the road, and that was impractical.
How to hunt for star-nosed moles (and their holes) | Kenneth Catania | September 15, 2020 | Popular-ScienceDyson’s 2013 calculation convinced many people that gravitational wave detectors were, at best, impractical probes for learning about quantum gravity.
The items on this packing list are in the very early stages of development, and in some cases, still pretty impractical and unproven.
What will astronauts need to survive the dangerous journey to Mars? | Maria Temming | July 15, 2020 | Science NewsMost designs so far also require individual lasers to control each qubit, which quickly gets impractical for devices with thousands if not millions of qubits.
A New Startup Intends to Build the World’s First Large-Scale Quantum Computer | Edd Gent | June 22, 2020 | Singularity HubHowever, in their case, the ship was stationery – which would have been impractical in a real-time scenario with the undulating waves and the ongoing naval maneuvering.
14 Exceptional Weapon Systems from History That Were Ahead of their Time | Dattatreya Mandal | March 26, 2020 | Realm of History
But one gets the sense that this is impractical in the era of Twitter and 24-7 news coverage.
Though Rabinowitz muses that something like this would not only be impractical but also incite severe backlash.
Porn Fights For Your Right to Surf: Pornhub, YouPorn, and Redtube Lead Charge For Net Neutrality | Aurora Snow | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDu Bois repeatedly defended liberal education against those who saw it as impractical.
College Must Be More Than Just a Classy Trade School | Michael S. Roth | August 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSurely he would have found her efforts to effect world peace through art and music a little impractical, and hippy-dippyish?
The Price of Being a Patton: Wrestling With the Legacy of America’s Most Famous General | Tim Teeman | May 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor so many of these sybaritic recipes are wholly impractical for the modern home chef.
Then life would, to this impractical philosopher, again become worth living.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithScowlingly Bill thought over one plan after another, and rejected each as impractical.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur ChapmanThe impractical view of life which art seemed to demand of its devotees was enough to arouse suspicion, if not her actual dislike.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosaimpractical men have told me that right will always triumph of itself; it needs no fighters to support it.
The Iron Puddler | James J. DavisI established a protective screen, but realized that to set up a permanent defense would be impractical and even harmful.
Indirection | Everett B. Cole
British Dictionary definitions for impractical
/ (ɪmˈpræktɪkəl) /
not practical or workable: an impractical solution
not given to practical matters or gifted with practical skills: he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work
Derived forms of impractical
- impracticality or impracticalness, noun
- impractically, adverb
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