impractical
/ɪmˈpɹæktɪkəl/
impractical adjective: not practical; impracticable.
Adjective
impractical (comparative more impractical, superlative most impractical)
- Not practical; impracticable.
- "I can't leave you here alone with these cutthroats, and you certainly can't venture into the jungle with me; yet someone must go in search of your father. He is more than apt to wandering off aimlessly, regardless of danger or direction, and Mr. Philander is only a trifle less impractical than he....1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
- As traditional exploration of Centralia’s underground is exceedingly impractical and excessively dangerous, the Foundation has chosen to visually document the mine through remote observation.2025 August 5, PlaguePJP, J Dune, “SCP-2003”, in SCP Wiki, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2026
- Antonyms:
- practical
impractical meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
impractical in Hindi
- not practical
- असहज ashaj
impractical in Tamil
- நடைமுறைக்கு மாறான
impractical in Marathi
- अव्यावहारिक, अव्यवहार्य
impractical in Urdu
- impractical
- محال muhāl
More languagesFewer languages
- impractical in Bengali
- অবাস্তব, অব্যবহারিক
- impractical in Malayalam
- അപ്രായോഗിക aprāyōgika
- impractical in Kannada
- ಅಪ್ರಾಯೋಗಿಕ, ಅಪ್ರಾಯೋಗಿಕವಾಗಿದೆ
- impractical in Gujarati
- અવ્યવહારુ, અવ્યાવહારિક
- impractical in Odia
- ଅବ୍ଯ଼ବହାରିକ
- impractical in Nepali
- अव्यावहारिक, अव्यवहारिक
Examples of impractical in a sentence
- Although it was a little impractical, Elmer held his revolvers akimbo because to him it looked cool.
- The unscalability of the software made it impractical for more than five users at a time.
- The phrase "computationally impractical to reverse" is a statistically improbable phrase found in the Bitcoin documentation.
Antonyms of impractical
Forms of impractical
| comparative | more impractical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most impractical |
Origin of impractical
From im- + practical.
Words formed from impractical
Questions about impractical
- What does impractical mean?
- Impractical means not practical; impracticable.
- What is impractical in Hindi?
- Impractical in Hindi is असहज (ashaj). See Impractical meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is impractical?
- Impractical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce impractical?
- Impractical is pronounced /ɪmˈpɹæktɪkəl/.
Words near impractical in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: impractical (page history and authors); impractical (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); impractical (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); محال (Urdu) (page history and authors); Impractical (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അപ്രായോഗിക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); impractical (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); impractical (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); impractical (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); impractical (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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