1 not sensible or realistic:
It was totally impractical to think that we could finish the job in two months.
2 (of people) not good at doing things that involve using the hands; not good at planning or organizing things:
He was a wonderful companion but hopelessly impractical.
OPPPRACTICAL
compareIMPRACTICABLE
impracticality [U]:
She explained to her superiors the impracticality of such a project.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is impractical a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, impractical is tagged as adjective.
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