quixotic

Example Sentences

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That the effort is quixotic makes it all the more touching.

From Washington Post

To others, the secession effort has felt quixotic, or even idiotic.

From New York Times

Most office employees don’t need to be in the office on a regular basis to do their jobs, and forcing them to do so for some greater civic good seems quixotic.

From Washington Post

Historians refer to the quixotic attempt by empires in decline to regain a lost hegemony through military adventurism as "micro-militarism."

From Salon

I realize that calling for Santos to be expelled might sound quixotic.

From Washington Post