IMPRACTICALITY Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

impracticality

noun

as in idealism

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Recent Examples of impracticality Any Tile Tile countertops were another super common sight in late ’90s kitchens, but their busy look and impracticality destroyed their staying power, according to Cantley. — Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2026 That points to the shortsightedness and impracticality of such a bargaining strategy. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 On the ceiling, a suede Scalamandré wallcovering delivers the sensory impact of leather—without the impracticality. — 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. — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2025 There was something freeing about opting into impracticality. — Junnelle Hogen, Outside, 19 Oct. 2025

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Noun

There are some politics in Hard Labor, but seasoned with the irony of the worker, rather than the idealism of the intellectual.

— Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Nora’s time in the office, and the relationships that blossom — and one that withers — over the course of that formative span give shape to this earnest, appealing movie about idealism lost but innocence preserved.

— Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of idealism

Noun

That optimism in Tennessee disappeared during a 2024 season in which Levis struggled with turnovers, sacks and consistency.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Even so, the new regime has expressed optimism about aiding the potential of Pluto, which had been largely neglected for the previous couple of years.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of optimism

Noun

Cox’s script, meanwhile, trades increasingly in one-size-fits-all therapy speak, and despite Qualley’s natural sincerity as a performer, Maya seems steadily less specific a personality as the years pass.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Like Warhol, Rouy makes work balancing on the razor’s edge between sincerity and cynicism.

— David Lê, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of sincerity

Noun

The novel, published in 1988, foreshadowed the career to come by taking on, with disarming frankness, everything from child abuse to transracial adoption.

— Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Horgan, whose Catastrophe charted the ups and downs of a relationship with painful, hilarious honesty, applies the same frankness to the minor indignities of midlife.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of frankness

Noun

The young actors are appealing, led by Lilah Pate and Chabley Ponce; there’s a sweetness and naturalness to their cameraderie that stands out amid so much mugging and gives the film a lift.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Acted with breathtaking ensemble naturalness, the play seems lived in rather than performed.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of naturalness

Noun

Ronson uses Chism’s guilelessness to show how unexpected and profound the pitfalls can be for anyone looking to find a foothold in the new world.

— Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Counterbalancing him is a young actor cast to play one of the show’s decoys (an excellent Skylar Gisondo), whose guilelessness only magnifies the film’s sense of Hansen as a man constructed entirely out of TV-friendly sheen.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of guilelessness

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