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
Music lovers, dressed in perfectly impractical desert wear, will return to Coachella next April, where the gathering will offer something for just about everyone.
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Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
By the time of the final ruling, Judge Alsup determined reinstatement was impractical due to the passage of time and organizational changes.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
That volume of data is impractical to fit theoretical models to deliver large-scale, accurate predictions.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
However, based on the information presented, members of the shoreline preservation group said that appears to be impractical.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
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Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
By the time of the final ruling, Judge Alsup determined reinstatement was impractical due to the passage of time and organizational changes.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
That volume of data is impractical to fit theoretical models to deliver large-scale, accurate predictions.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
However, based on the information presented, members of the shoreline preservation group said that appears to be impractical.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impractical
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Because social platforms have not trained their detection models on sufficient non-English-language and non-Western data, much of the AI-fakes detection technology is still very shaky, if not useless, in the Global South and across the developing world.—
John Wihbey,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) suggested on Friday that returning to Washington would be all but useless.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Oct. 2025
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Financial promotion rules prevent inappropriate marketing to unsuitable investors.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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According to a study published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment in 2024, up to 70% of current wine-producing regions could become unsuitable for growing grapes if global temperatures rise by more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels.—
Miguel A. Torres,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors cited unusable breathalyzer evidence and Pennington's good behavior on probation as reasons for the withdrawal.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said later on Tuesday that a key oxygen station at the Al-Quds Hospital was struck by Israeli gunfire and was rendered unusable.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Impractical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impractical. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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