impractical

Example Sentences

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The neighbors weren’t unsympathetic, nor were they impractical.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

In denying Acuña’s request for a tenured position, the judge argued that the hostility between Acuña and his potential co-workers would make his appointment “both impractical and inappropriate.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Others in the shipping business, including a maritime insurer, cautioned that the plan may be all but impractical, at least in the short term.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

But this would have been impractical given the rarity of the disease, and unethical because some children would receive a placebo for a fatal disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Her skirt too ruffled for everyday wear; her boots, though dusty, too dainty and impractical for walking across a farm.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern