impractical

Word family  noun practical practicalities practicality ≠ impracticality practicability ≠ impracticability adjective practicable ≠ impracticable practical ≠ impractical adverb practically ≠ impractically practicably ≠ impracticably

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++im·prac·ti·cal /ɪmˈpræktɪkəl/ adjective  1  IMPOSSIBLEnot sensible or possible for practical reasons 不切实际的；不现实的 The road toll scheme was dismissed as impractical. 公路收费计划由于不切实际而遭到否定。 James was a foolish man, full of impractical plans. 詹姆斯是个愚蠢的人，满脑子都是不切实际的计划。► see thesaurus at impossible2  STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEnot good at dealing with ordinary practical matters, such as making or repairing things 〔人〕无实践能力的〔如制作或维修物件〕；动手能力差的 Sandra was hopelessly impractical around the house. 桑德拉在家务事方面一窍不通。 —impractically /-kli/ adverb —impracticality /ɪmˌpræktɪˈkæləti/ noun [uncountable] the sheer impracticality of collecting DNA from such a large population 从这么多人身上收集DNA完全不切实际

Examples from the Corpus

impractical• Silk is always wonderful too, if totally impractical.• To some, the initiative and referenda have proliferated to the point that they already have become onerous and impractical.• Officials stated that building a dam for irrigation purposes was hopelessly impractical.• Ritter plans to tear down the building, saying restoration would be impractical.• Many tasks will require millions or even billions of nanomachines to achieve results, and manually constructing each one is utterly impractical.• Telling people to avoid any exposure to the sun is impractical advice.• Here on the dang strict purdah is impractical and everyone understands this, brothers-in-law included.• But all the goals were wildly impractical and none were achieved.• Short skirts are impractical if you want to sit down once in awhile.• In circumstances when words are inappropriate or impractical, the apology may take the form of an elaborate pantomime of contrition.• It would be impractical to attempt to review all the types of multimedia technology in this study.• Not withstanding that recognition, he decided it was impractical to break them into more than two pieces.

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impractical
im‧prac‧ti‧cal /ɪmˈpræktɪkəl/ adjective1. not sensible or possible for practical reasons:
    The road toll scheme was dismissed as impractical.
    James was a foolish man, full of impractical plans.
2. not good at dealing with ordinary practical matters, such as making or repairing things:
    Sandra was hopelessly impractical around the house.
—impractically /-kli/ adverb
—impracticality /ɪmˌpræktɪˈkæləti, ɪmˌpræktɪˈkælɪti/ noun [uncountable]:
    the sheer impracticality of collecting DNA from such a large population
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ impossible something that is impossible cannot happen or be done: It’s impossible to get a taxi around here. | At times, finding a job felt like an impossible task.
   ▪ impractical something that is impractical is too expensive, takes too much time, is too difficult etc and therefore it is not sensible to try to do it: It’s a nice idea, but it’s totally impractical. | We cannot all just stop using our cars - that would be completely impractical. | an impractical suggestion
   ▪ out of the question used when saying that something is completely impossible, especially because it is not allowed: It’s out of the question for you to go alone.
   ▪ there’s no way informal used when saying that you think something is completely impossible: There’s no way we can get to the airport in less than an hour.
   ▪ inconceivable impossible to imagine or believe: It seemed inconceivable that there could be an end to the fighting in Northern Ireland.
   ▪ unthinkable impossible to imagine or believe - used especially about something that seems very shocking to people: In those days it was unthinkable for a lady to work outside the home.
   ▪ unattainable impossible to achieve: an unattainable goal | Victory seemed unattainable.
   ▪ it can’t be done spoken used when saying very definitely that something is impossible: I’m afraid it can’t be done.

im·prac·ti·calBrE /ɪmˈpræktɪkl/ 🔊NAmE /ɪmˈpræktɪkl/ 🔊 adjectivenot sensible or realistic 不明智的；不现实的◆It was totally impractical to think that we could finish the job in two months. 认为我们能在两个月之内完成这项工作，这完全是不切实际的。🔊🔊(of people 人) not good at doing things that involve using the hands; not good at planning or organizing things 手不灵巧的；不善于规划（或组织）的 OPP practical  ➡  compare impracticable ▸ im·prac·ti·cal·ity BrE /ɪmˌpræktɪˈkæləti/ 🔊NAmE /ɪmˌpræktɪˈkæləti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]