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Definition of Impractical
1. Adjective. Not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters. "An impractical solution"
Also: Impossible, Unrealistic
Similar to: Crazy, Half-baked, Screwball, Softheaded, Meshuga, Meshugga, Meshugge, Meshuggeneh, Meshuggener, Quixotic, Romantic, Wild-eyed, Unfunctional, Unwieldy
Antonyms: Practical
2. Adjective. Not practical or realizable; speculative. "Visionary schemes for getting rich"
Similar to: Utopian
Derivative terms: Impracticality, Laputa, Vision, Visionary
Definition of Impractical
1. a. Not practical.
Definition of Impractical
1. Adjective. Not practical; impracticable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impractical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impractical
Literary usage of Impractical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1907)
"Phases of Modern Education xn Practical and impractical Ways of Educating ...
But our purpose is to consider certain practical and impractical agencies in ..."
2. Heads, Faces, Types, Races by Victor Gabriel Rocine (1910)
"THE impractical TYPE. There are many different kinds of impractical people; one
may be impractical in one direction, but practical in another. ..."
3. Proceedings by North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools (1906)
"As a result of this interest, they are too often called faddists, and are ridiculed
for their impractical notions. DIRECTOR CARMAN: I think we all agree ..."
4. American Problems of Reconstruction: A National Symposium on the Economic by Elisha Michael Friedman (1918)
"E. Profusion of Fragmentary and impractical Efforts.—Not less great than any of
the above perils is reliance on fragmentary efforts, elicited by the ..."
5. The Offender and His Relations to Law and Society by Burdette Gibson Lewis (1921)
"Sentences to Hard Labor impractical. Many States still have laws authorizing the
judge to decide whether a convict shall be sentenced to hard labor or not. ..."
6. Public School Methods (1921)
"... impractical IDEAS. It has not been long since one prevailing notion was that
arithmetic should begin with definitions, then proceed through notation, ..."
7. Sewage Disposal by Leonard Parker Kinnicutt (1919)
"Successful Sewage Disposal Not an impractical Ideal. In spite of such failures
of sewage disposal devices as have been discussed in the preceding sections, ..."
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