Meanings
comparative more impractical · superlative most impractical
- Not practical; impracticable.
As traditional exploration of Centralia’s underground is exceedingly impractical and excessively dangerous, the Foundation has chosen to visually document the mine through remote observation.
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"I can't leave you here alone with these cutthroats, and you certainly can't venture into the jungle with me; yet someone must go in search of your father. He is more than apt to wandering off aimlessly, regardless of danger or direction, and Mr. Philander is only a trifle less impractical than he. ...
1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the ApesAntonyms: practical
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot practical; impracticable.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot practical; not workable or not given to practical matters
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Middle Englishin-
- Englishim-
- Englishpractical
- Englishimpractical
Translations
Czech nepraktický
- nepraktickýnot practical
Dutch onpraktisch, onhandig
- onpraktischnot practical
- onhandignot practical
Finnish epäkäytännöllinen, epätarkoituksenmukainen
- epäkäytännöllinennot practical
- epätarkoituksenmukainennot practical
French infaisable
- infaisablenot practical
German unpraktisch, unnütz
- unpraktischnot practical
- unnütznot practical
- unbrauchbarnot practical
- untauglichnot practical
Hindi असहज
- असहज (ashaj)not practical
Hungarian használhatatlan
- használhatatlannot practical
Norwegian Bokmål upraktisk
- upraktisknot practical
Polish niepraktyczny
- niepraktycznynot practical
Portuguese impraticável
- impraticávelnot practical
Russian непракти́чный
- непракти́чный (nepraktíčnyj)not practical
Swedish opraktisk
- opraktisknot practical
Cite this entry
impractical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impractical
“impractical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impractical. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impractical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impractical.
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