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Recent Examples of impracticality
On the ceiling, a suede Scalamandré wallcovering delivers the sensory impact of leather—without the impracticality.
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Kathryn O’Shea-Evans,
Robb Report,
29 Mar. 2026
Our current system denies new talent a livelihood, and the impracticality of such training, leads me to refrain from training them.
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Ted Hope,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
Bulky travel accessories are more likely to be left at home and gather dust in the closet due to their impracticality, but this hanging pouch will suffer no such fate.
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Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Dec. 2025
There was something freeing about opting into impracticality.
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Junnelle Hogen,
Outside,
19 Oct. 2025
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans,
Robb Report,
29 Mar. 2026
Our current system denies new talent a livelihood, and the impracticality of such training, leads me to refrain from training them.
—
Ted Hope,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
Bulky travel accessories are more likely to be left at home and gather dust in the closet due to their impracticality, but this hanging pouch will suffer no such fate.
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Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Dec. 2025
There was something freeing about opting into impracticality.
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Junnelle Hogen,
Outside,
19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impracticality
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Wilson believes that’s a myopic way to view his idealism.
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Balance idealism and expectation while Venus moves between Neptune and Pluto.
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That instinct to lean into life with curiosity, optimism, and kindness is, perhaps, America's greatest attraction.
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It's also shipped Isaac 0 to homes and businesses across California since its February launch, so the firm isn't entirely alone in its optimism.
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But in her concentration, Porsha fumbled her words, which made the Faithfuls, who were desperate for a crumb of evidence so early in the game, suspicious of her sincerity.
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Within a couple of hours, Wilkins’ replies to the post were flooded with accusations of favoritism, questioning the use of taxpayer funds to book her and mocking her sincerity about being chosen as a performer following high-profile exits from the event.
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What was once a poignant effort to extend a state of ingenuousness is now tainted from the start.
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But then, with seemingly on-the-fly artlessness, Laxe’s camera picks a few of the dancers out.
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Seydoux asks me in a moment of frankness.
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Her love for the city is palpable, imbued with her frankness, her fun, her queerness, and her history.
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As a national icon, the Natural Bridge served as a quiet, Emersonian rebuke to Europe’s militaristic triumphal arches, reinforcing the naturalness of American democracy.
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That ease and naturalness are paramount to Copeland.
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Still, Dunk believes in himself, like any good hero, and people are drawn to his guilelessness.
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But there’s a guilelessness to everything Bella does, a trust in the universe and an insatiable curiosity about humanity.
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“Impracticality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impracticality. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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