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
Experts dismiss an analogous design for the U.S. as impractical—Israel's defenses are vastly different to the U.S. for several reasons, not least the size of the country and who is doing the targeting.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
One scene involves a woman performing a dance traditional in northern India, called a Kathak dance, and Pall says that gathering enough data to train a model would be impractical.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2024
That’s because a lot of those effects were marvelously impractical.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
Pavia was granted a preliminary injunction, which is issued by a court in circumstances when a full trial on the merits is impractical.
—Joe Sabin, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
One scene involves a woman performing a dance traditional in northern India, called a Kathak dance, and Pall says that gathering enough data to train a model would be impractical.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Dec. 2024
That’s because a lot of those effects were marvelously impractical.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
Pavia was granted a preliminary injunction, which is issued by a court in circumstances when a full trial on the merits is impractical.
—Joe Sabin, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impractical
Adjective
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Without that essential training to help surmount powerful systemic barriers, the kit would have been useless—and in that sense, the job is still woefully unfinished.—
Sheila McClear,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Esoteric knowledge of the parks, essentially useless anywhere else, is suddenly incredibly useful.—
Darryn King,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The following year, regulators ruled that the company is unsuitable to operate its casinos in Sydney and Queensland, placing them under government supervision.—
Yessar Rosendar,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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That's because Blue Origin aims to recover the first stage of the New Glenn rocket, and sea states in the Atlantic Ocean have been unsuitable for an initial attempt to catch the first stage booster on a drone ship.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The TikTok Effect This past weekend demonstrated users' willingness to switch platforms when TikTok became unusable late on Saturday night.—
Esat Dedezade,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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On Saturday evening, a few hours before the ban took effect, TikTok became unusable for U.S. users.—
Haleluya Hadero,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Impractical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impractical. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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