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impractical

[im-prak-ti-kuhl] / ɪmˈpræk tɪ kəl /


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Katrina Suèr, who chairs the parent council at Mearns Academy in Aberdeenshire, said a four-day week would be impractical for parents.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Batteries eventually run out and must be replaced, which is impractical across large farms.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

She chose pink Cadillacs precisely because they were impractical, the furthest thing from a family car that she could imagine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

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

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

We shared the joy of being in this room, in the home of an artist, a person whose life was gracious and carefree, whose furnishings and decorations were as impractical as ours were utilitarian.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago




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