How to Use impractical in a Sentence

impractical

adjective

• He was a dreamy and impractical young man.
• Little sports cars are impractical for large families.
• If that seems a bit impractical, here are a few things to try instead.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2022
• In fact, that would be impractical and there simply isn’t the time.
  — Lindsay Suddon, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
• Deep learning had been around for years, but was thought impractical.
  — James Somers, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2021
• For decades, this idea has been dismissed as impractical.
  — Mika Newton, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
• But for us non-royals, a massive veil can feel a bit fussy and impractical.
  — Emily Farra, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2018
• The car was enormous but Rio could not be dwarfed by his impractical ride.
  — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 18 Apr. 2022
• Nail guns are impractical as weapons and have only rarely been used in homicides.
  — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 24 June 2026
• Thin impractical scarves do seem to be making a comeback for spring.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2024
• So has this fresh build changed our minds about the ridiculous and impractical nature of the monowheel.
  — Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 11 July 2024
• Jars of thick honey can feel messy or impractical for travel.
  — Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
• Jennifer Lopez just stepped out in what’s got to be one of her most impractical ’fits yet.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
• Most schools need help in each sport and too often kids don't come out due to impractical year-round demands.
  — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• Unless drinks dropped from the ceiling, a bar car seems impractical.
  — Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• My second piece of impractical advice to you is to learn how to persist.
  — Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 12 June 2018
• Stay-at-home orders are impractical when a day off work means there won’t be food on the table at the end of the day.
  — Flavie Halais, Wired, 1 June 2020
• The ideas were seen as impractical to some who were involved in the discussions.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 23 June 2023
• Nothing’s as sobering to an impractical but fun idea as having to foot the bill.
  — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
• That is enormously impractical – and a waste of money — in much of the wild.
  — Ben Long, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2020
• The location seemed ideal at first but turned out to be impractical.
  — Helen Purcell Montag, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
• Gone are the impractical thin, rock-solid slip-on sandals and house slippers.
  — Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping, 7 Mar. 2023
• What was out there was a little too impractical to implement in our labs and use on a day-to-day basis.
  — Randy Rieland, Smithsonian, 5 July 2017
• Suspending the chip in the middle of the ball proved impractical.
  — Ken Belson, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2017
• That’s why lithium-rich electrodes have been so impractical.
  — Tracy Staedter, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2017
• Treating raves as a utopic ideal, as Laxe hints, is impractical.
  — Álex Maroño Porto, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
• But aid groups say replacing the agency is impractical in the short or medium term.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
• But as a paraplegic, the idea of leaping out of a plane without the use of my legs seemed somewhat impractical.
  — Sophie Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2024
• Gone are the days of cramming cute but impractical outfits into my carry-on bag.
  — Gabriela Garcia, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
• These may be rewarding in the short term, but too impractical and expensive to save oil and gas in the long term.
  — Ian Palmer, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024