impractical
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- unworkable, impossible, impracticable, inoperable, nonviable, unrealistic, wild
- idealistic, romantic, starry-eyed, unrealistic

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Antonyms: practical
Contrasted words: commonsensible, commonsensical, realistic, sensible, worldly-wise
Related Words: idealistic, otherworldly, quixotic, romantic, starry-eyed, visionary

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English Thesaurus: impossible, impractical, out of the question, there’s no way, inconceivable, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

im‧prac‧ti‧cal /ɪmˈpræktɪkəl/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: practical, practicalities, practicality ≠ impracticality, practicability ≠ impracticability; adverb: practically ≠ impractically, practicably ≠ impracticably; adjective: practicable ≠ impracticable, practical ≠ impractical]

1. not sensible or possible for practical reasons:
The road toll scheme was dismissed as impractical.
James was a foolish man, full of impractical plans.

2. not good at dealing with ordinary practical matters, such as making or repairing things:
Sandra was hopelessly impractical around the house.
—impractically /-kli/ adverb
—impracticality /ɪmˌpræktɪˈkæləti, ɪmˌpræktɪˈkælɪti/ noun [uncountable]:
the sheer impracticality of collecting DNA from such a large population

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

impractical
adj.
I. not sensible or reasonable
VERBS be, prove Such a solution proved impractical.
become | make sth The weight of the machine makes lifting it impractical.
consider sth, deem sth, find sth, regard sth as They found his ideas impractical.
ADV. highly, hopelessly The long flowing dress was highly impractical.
completely, downright, entirely, quite, totally, wholly | rather, somewhat | fundamentally a fundamentally impractical design
obviously

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

impractical
II. not good at everyday jobs
VERBS be, seem
ADV. hopelessly He was hopelessly impractical when it came to planning new projects.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

impossible something that is impossible cannot happen or be done:
It’s impossible to get a taxi around here.
At times, finding a job felt like an impossible task.
impractical something that is impractical is too expensive, takes too much time, is too difficult etc and therefore it is not sensible to try to do it:
It’s a nice idea, but it’s totally impractical.
We cannot all just stop using our cars - that would be completely impractical.
an impractical suggestion
out of the question used when saying that something is completely impossible, especially because it is not allowed:
It’s out of the question for you to go alone.
there’s no way informal used when saying that you think something is completely impossible:
There’s no way we can get to the airport in less than an hour.
inconceivable impossible to imagine or believe:
It seemed inconceivable that there could be an end to the fighting in Northern Ireland.
unthinkable impossible to imagine or believe - used especially about something that seems very shocking to people:
In those days it was unthinkable for a lady to work outside the home.
unattainable impossible to achieve:
an unattainable goal
Victory seemed unattainable.
it can’t be done spoken used when saying very definitely that something is impossible:
I’m afraid it can’t be done.

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