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
Household Glass Window panes, mirrors, light bulbs and tableware are impractical to recycle.
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Chris Baskind, Treehugger, 20 Jan. 2026
While white pants might sound impractical and can be a divisive choice, these relaxed styles are surprisingly wearable.
—Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 2026
Ashley’s next to him, dolled up in a red wrap mini that’s breathtakingly, spectacularly impractical for the outdoors.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
While impractical to expect similar results after a national-championship season, many did.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
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Chris Baskind, Treehugger, 20 Jan. 2026
While white pants might sound impractical and can be a divisive choice, these relaxed styles are surprisingly wearable.
—Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 2026
Ashley’s next to him, dolled up in a red wrap mini that’s breathtakingly, spectacularly impractical for the outdoors.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
While impractical to expect similar results after a national-championship season, many did.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impractical
Adjective
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Homeowners and residents are baffled by the attacks upon their beautiful — but otherwise seemingly useless — plants.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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My deep cynicism thinks this was a diabolical plan to herd young people toward expensive, and somewhat useless, college degrees.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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There are significant worries that AI can readily go off the rails or otherwise dispense unsuitable or even egregiously inappropriate mental health advice.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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These turbines operate effectively in regions unsuitable for conventional wind farms, including mountainous terrain and remote coastal areas.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The next areas on your decluttering to-do list should be your kitchen cabinets and office drawers, which have a serious tendency to accumulate unused or outdated electronics, miscellaneous plugs, or frayed, unusable cords.—
Nishaa Sharma,
The Spruce,
25 Jan. 2026
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Data collected by Amnesty International’s Citizen Evidence Lab suggests that Israel deliberately used this incendiary substance in densely populated villages in southern Lebanon to push the civilians out and make their lands unusable.—
Josiane Yazbeck,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026
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