blue-skies

adjective

Unrealistic or impractical.

“blue-skies research”

Opposite

Meanings

adjectiveblue-skies (not comparable)

alternative blue skies · alternative blue-sky · alternative bluesky

  1. not comparableUnrealistic or impractical.
  2. not comparableOf no immediate practical application.

    blue-skies research

    1 more example

    These options can be presented either as 'blue skies', i.e. no constraints are imposed by the existing systems, or as 'pragmatic reality', i.e. building on the existing systems. It is better to take a blue skies approach to strategic information […]

    1992, Gary Heap, Alfie Windsor, A structured approach to systems development, McGraw-Hill

    Synonyms: theoretical · Antonyms: real-world

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf no immediate practical application.

Opposite
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