Impractical


[im-prak-ti-kuh l] /ɪmˈpræk tɪ kəl/

adjective
1.
not or useful.
2.
not capable of dealing with matters; lacking sense.
3.
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4.
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/ɪmˈpræktɪkəl/
adjective
1.
not practical or workable: an impractical solution
2.
not given to practical matters or gifted with practical skills: he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work
adj.

1823, from assimilated form of in- (1) “not, opposite of” + practical. Impracticable in the same sense dates from 1670s.

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