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impractical definition
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Grep of noun impractical impracticality Overview of adj impractical The adj impractical has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) impractical -- (not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work") 2. airy, impractical, visionary -- (not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich") Antonyms of adj impractical 2 senses of impractical Sense 1 impractical (vs. practical) practical (vs. impractical) => applicable, applicative, applicatory => functional => matter-of-fact, pragmatic, pragmatical => operable, practicable => serviceable => unimaginative => useful => working => applied Sense 2 airy, impractical, visionary INDIRECT (VIA utopian) -> dystopian Similarity of adj impractical 2 senses of impractical Sense 1 impractical (vs. practical) => armchair(postnominal) => crazy, half-baked, screwball, softheaded, meshuga, meshugge => quixotic, romantic, wild-eyed => unfunctional Also See-> impossible#1; unrealistic#1 Sense 2 airy, impractical, visionary => utopian (vs. dystopian) Attributes of adj impractical 1 of 2 senses of impractical Sense 1 impractical (vs. practical) => practicality Familiarity of adj impractical impractical used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj impractical impractical Overview of adj impractical The adj impractical has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) impractical -- (not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work") 2. airy, impractical, visionary -- (not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich")
impractical definition
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