IMPRACTICALITY Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

impracticality

noun

as in idealism

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Recent Examples of impracticality In our age of optimization, few acknowledge the impracticality of these choices (besides former SNL star Chloe Fineman on the jeans front, that is). — Sadie Kargman, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026 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

Each also wrestles with the devastated idealism of our times.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of idealism

Noun

But beneath his optimism was a coach who understood how to bring out the best in people—even when that meant confronting their insecurities, calling out bad behavior, and demanding better.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
The numbers on employment, income and poverty haven’t translated to optimism among voters, though, and Democratic messaging ahead of the midterms have been focused on affordability.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of optimism

Noun

Still, the sincerity matters, and so does the achievement of realizing something this strange with such conviction.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
After many fans online questioned the sincerity of Art of Play’s statement, Clarkson herself stepped back into the fray.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of sincerity

Noun

A certain ingenuousness, an earnest impatience with the world’s many injustices, is a hallmark of Barbara Kingsolver’s novels.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
What was once a poignant effort to extend a state of ingenuousness is now tainted from the start.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Definition of ingenuousness

Noun

Lin is known in town to be incredibly fair, but at times obtuse in his frankness.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of frankness

Noun

Beauty, grace, freshness, naturalness, youth—all qualities which women have so often been reduced to.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
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

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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