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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

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Former prime minister David Cameron said in 2013 that returning the gem was not "sensible".

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

“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

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 was not sensible then of the rebukes of remorse; nor am I now.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson