impractical

/im'præktikəl/

Thân thiện

An impractical design for a house has a front door that is ten feet off the ground.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not practical or realizable; speculative: Refers to ideas, plans, or theories that are not sensible, realistic, or capable of being achieved or put into practice.
   • Not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters: Describes a person, solution, or approach that is not focused on or suited to effective action, common sense, or real-world application.

Usage Examples

• Describing an idea or plan:
  • His plan to build a house from recycled plastic bottles was completely impractical.
  • The committee rejected the proposal as financially impractical.
• Describing a person:
  • She's a dreamer, brilliant but often impractical about daily chores.
  • He is too impractical to manage a budget effectively.

Advanced Usage

• "Impractical idealism": A commitment to ideals without regard for practical constraints.
  • His impractical idealism made it difficult to reach a compromise.
• "Beautifully impractical": Used to describe something aesthetically pleasing but not functional.
  • The vintage car was beautifully impractical for city driving.

Variants and Related Words

• Impracticability (noun): The quality or state of being impractical.
  • The impracticability of the scheme was obvious to everyone.
• Impractically (adverb): In an impractical manner.
  • The room was decorated impractically, with more art than furniture.

Synonyms

• Unrealistic: Not showing awareness of facts or practicality.
• Utopian: Aiming for a perfect but likely unattainable state.
• Theoretical: Concerned with ideas rather than practical application.
• Unworkable: Not able to function or be carried out successfully.

Antonyms

• Practical: Sensible and realistic in approach.
• Feasible: Possible and practical to do easily.
• Realistic: Having a sensible and practical idea of what can be achieved.
• Pragmatic: Dealing with things sensibly and realistically.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "Long on theory, short on practice": Having many ideas but little practical application; similar to being impractical.
  • The new manager is long on theory, short on practice, so the team is struggling.
• "A castle in the air": A daydream, a hope, or a plan that is unlikely to be realized; an impractical fantasy.
  • Without funding, their business plan is just a castle in the air.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not practical or realizable; speculative
   • airy theories about socioeconomic improvement
   • visionary schemes for getting rich
2. not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters
   • refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense
   • he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work
   • an impractical solution

Từ đồng nghĩa

• airy
• visionary
• Laputan
• windy