not sensible

ADJECTIVE

starry-eyed

Synonyms

WEAK

dreaming half-baked hoping impossible improbable ivory-tower nonrealistic on cloud nine optimistic romantic silly

ADJECTIVE

unrealistic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

impossible impractical improbable quixotic silly unreal unworkable

WEAK

blue-sky floating gone half-baked impracticable ivory-tower nonrealistic nonsensical not applicable on cloud nine reachy romantic starry-eyed theoretical

Antonyms

STRONGEST

believable possible practical sensible tenable

WEAK

pragmatic realistic reasonable

Example Sentences

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“And I hope people know that. I hope people know that and if they’re not sensible to know that, then I don’t know what to tell them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

Having only two fit scrum-halves for a period of time is not sensible, especially when one of them, Ireland's Gibson-Park, is only just recovering from injury himself.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025

Politicians and experts have said it is not sensible - or even possible - to erect a fence along the entire length of Finland’s long eastern frontier that runs mainly through thick forests.

From Washington Times • Nov. 18, 2022

Politicians and experts have said it is not sensible – or even possible – to erect a fence along the entire length of Finland’s long eastern frontier that runs mainly through thick forests.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2022

I am a little ashamed that you were not sensible enough to realize what might happen, in the first place.'

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

not sensible

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