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
Essentially, the Empresa was a mash-up of impractical logistics with missionary zeal and geopolitical fantasy.
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Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
For decades, this fluid approach seemed impractical for most businesses.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Their low-impact deployment method suits them particularly for remote and environmentally sensitive sites, where conventional intervention equipment may be impractical or disruptive.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
However, experience suggests comprehensive pest proofing is time-consuming, often impractical and usually not 100% effective.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
For decades, this fluid approach seemed impractical for most businesses.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Their low-impact deployment method suits them particularly for remote and environmentally sensitive sites, where conventional intervention equipment may be impractical or disruptive.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
However, experience suggests comprehensive pest proofing is time-consuming, often impractical and usually not 100% effective.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for impractical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impractical
Adjective
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Pattinson plays the character’s increasingly useless husband.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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My French was useless—I was also considered a tourist by association.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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That wing is usually reserved for prisoners who are considered unsuitable to be kept among the prison’s general population, usually out of fears for their safety.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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But the movie only gives tiny little tastes of 1982 rock culture, and why Nebraska was so comically unsuitable for airplay.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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At 5-nanometre or smaller nodes (current cutting-edge chips), a tiny 30-nanometre particle (about 1/3,000th the width of a hair) can ruin a circuit and make the chip unusable.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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That said, while each companion’s abilities bring something to the table, they get downed by enemies a lot, which renders their abilities unusable until they can be revived.—
Jason Fanelli,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Impractical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impractical. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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