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Synonyms for impractical


Grammar : Adj
Spell : im-prak-ti-kuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpræk tɪ kəl

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Définition of impractical

Origin :
  • 1823, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + practical. Impracticable in the same sense dates from 1670s.
  • adj unrealistic
Example sentences :
  • The remonstrant of 1800 said "indelicate," of 1850 "immodest," of 1900 "impractical."
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • He found it impractical to remain longer in the stern attempting to scull.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams
  • No other government had them except in impractical imitations.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various
  • Who would take such an impractical view of the world as you do?
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Maya the Bee » by Waldemar Bonsels
  • This is not an impractical plan, as many women are proving by experience.
  • Extract from : « The Family and it's Members » by Anna Garlin Spencer
  • Martian science always was hot, you know, but they were impractical.
  • Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • I'll tell you immediate that if money's required it's impractical.
  • Extract from : « Attention Saint Patrick » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • How can I talk business with you when you have such crazy, impractical ideas?
  • Extract from : « The Squirrel-Cage » by Dorothy Canfield
  • If he feared anything it was the domination of politics by the impractical.
  • Extract from : « Woodrow Wilson and the World War » by Charles Seymour
  • Obviously, a small machine such as they now had would be impractical.
  • Extract from : « Empire » by Clifford Donald Simak

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