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[ adjective ] not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters
Examples "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense" "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work" Used in print (The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)This shelter could be built in regions where water or rock is close to the surface , making it impractical to build an underground shelter . (Doris Miles Disney, Mrs. Meeker's Money....)`` Sometimes we 'd have trouble persuading her to make tax-exempt charitable contributions , and I 've known her to quarrel with a plumber over a bill for fixing a faucet ; the next moment she 'd put another half million into the scholarship fund or thirty_thousand into something as impractical as this unfortunate Johnston affair . Related terms practical crazy quixotic crazy armchair unfunctional meshuga impossible unrealistic practicality |
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