as in useless
not capable of being put to use or account
the flimsy little toy shovel was cute, but completely impractical for digging up tree stumps
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Recent Examples of impractical
Initial corrective ideas were dismissed as impractical or risky or both.
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Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The company said the plan was impractical and designed to inflate the damages rather than lead to real world implementation.
—Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Tapping into the endowment may be impractical for several reasons, including that some of it is legally restricted, but also because some of the unrestricted money is tied up in illiquid assets, such as in hedge funds, private equity and real estate that can’t be easily sold.
—Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
Blockchain might revolutionize insurance claim processing while proving impractical for emergency communications.
—Chloe Demrovsky, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The company said the plan was impractical and designed to inflate the damages rather than lead to real world implementation.
—Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Tapping into the endowment may be impractical for several reasons, including that some of it is legally restricted, but also because some of the unrestricted money is tied up in illiquid assets, such as in hedge funds, private equity and real estate that can’t be easily sold.
—Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
Blockchain might revolutionize insurance claim processing while proving impractical for emergency communications.
—Chloe Demrovsky, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impractical
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In one sense, Henry is the kind of useless man who creates hard times with his own passivity.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2025
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Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin Like many a controversial Y2K trend, the useless hip belt has made its way back into the sartorial zeitgeist with trendsetters like Emily Ratajkowski and Dua Lipa reviving the aesthetic in recent seasons.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
24 Apr. 2025
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But regulations that apply to traditional markets are unsuitable for digital native assets like crypto and digital assets.—
Lawrence Wintermeyer,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The vacant land, which was largely unsuitable for agriculture, became an albatross over the next few decades.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
25 Apr. 2025
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The Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) — intended as a backup to VAERS — is virtually unusable for serious research.—
Bonny Chu , Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2025
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The tower illustrates what can happen when aging buildings don’t get renovated or replaced fast enough: Structures get deemed unsafe and unusable before the city has had time to design and build replacements.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Impractical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impractical. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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