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
When a canvas tote feels too casual for the office and dinner after, but a mini top-handle too impractical, there’s one handbag brand Vogue editors turn to: Liffner.
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Vogue, 2 June 2025
Republican warnings To Republican leaders, California’s goals were not only impractical but potentially harmful.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2025
The Justice Department filed a motion to dismiss the case in the U.S. District Court for Northern California after the Biden administration accused Southwest of knowingly marketing flights with impractical schedules despite chronic delays in 2022.
—Sophia Vento, The Hill, 17 May 2025
Imagine someone championing a project others deem impractical but later becoming the pioneer of a game-changing approach.
—Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
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Vogue, 2 June 2025
Republican warnings To Republican leaders, California’s goals were not only impractical but potentially harmful.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2025
The Justice Department filed a motion to dismiss the case in the U.S. District Court for Northern California after the Biden administration accused Southwest of knowingly marketing flights with impractical schedules despite chronic delays in 2022.
—Sophia Vento, The Hill, 17 May 2025
Imagine someone championing a project others deem impractical but later becoming the pioneer of a game-changing approach.
—Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for impractical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impractical
Adjective
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However, disciplined conduct on the part of the activists and the intervention of other bystanders renders the attacks useless.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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Pine needles mixed with all the other fine debris rendered the guards useless.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
Adjective
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This is due to the fact that research shows that distilled water, which is what our devices produce before mineralization, may be unsuitable for prolonged consumption.—
Joe Salas
June 09,
New Atlas,
9 June 2025
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The family-friend label came a cropper after it was slapped with a multi-million-dollar copyright lawsuit by Disney, Warner Bros. and other major Hollywood studios for making unauthorized cuts – of scenes deemed unsuitable for family viewing by the brothers – to their movies and series.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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The budget store received a yellow placard after inspectors found an unusable bathroom.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
27 June 2025
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These toilets were rarely cleaned and often broken and unusable.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
5 June 2025
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“Impractical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impractical. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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