IMPRACTICAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does impractical mean?
• IMPRACTICAL (adjective)
The adjective IMPRACTICAL has 2 senses:
1. not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters
2. not practical or realizable; speculative
Familiarity information: IMPRACTICAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• IMPRACTICAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters
Context examples:
refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense / he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work / an impractical solution
Similar:
crazy; half-baked; screwball; softheaded (foolish; totally unsound)
meshuga; meshugga; meshugge; meshuggeneh; meshuggener (senseless; crazy)
quixotic; romantic; wild-eyed (not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic)
unfunctional (not related to or suitable for everyday needs or activities)
unwieldy (difficult to work or manipulate)
Also:
impossible (not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with)
unrealistic (not realistic)
Attribute:
practicality (concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities)
Antonym:
practical (concerned with actual use or practice)
Meaning:
Not practical or realizable; speculative
Synonyms:
visionary; airy; impractical; Laputan; windy
Context examples:
airy theories about socioeconomic improvement / visionary schemes for getting rich
Similar:
utopian (characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection)
