impractical
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im·prac·ti·cal·i·ty, im·prac·ti·cal·ness, noun
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| —adj | |
| 1. | not practical or workable: an impractical solution |
| 2. | not given to practical matters or gifted with practical skills: he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work |
| impracti'cality | |
| —n | |
| im'practicalness | |
| —n | |
| im'practically | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
It's tempting to say that these ideas sound worthy but are otherwise impractical and unrealistic.
Although towing icebergs proved impractical, harvesting ice at sea did not.
In the past it would have been impractical to archive all of this information.
And technologies are so complex that it's impractical for a company to gather all the resources it needs under one roof.
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