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- noun The state or quality of being
impractical . - noun Something which is
impractical .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use
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Examples
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To state the obvious, I’m sure the expense and impracticality is what appeals to them.
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It's the very "impracticality" of the humanities that makes them valuable to human beings and their societies.
Robin Lakoff: Education: Yes, but Why? Robin Lakoff 2011
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"The Health Professions Council should review its language policy by removing the policy references of 'impracticality' and 'costs' as justifications for the exclusive use of English."
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Better just frankly to acknowledge the university's "impracticality" and defend it on its own intrinsic merits.
City Journal 2009
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Citing 'impracticality' and an economic downturn is questionable.
The Online Citizen 2009
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The "impracticality" of finding survivors or bodies led to the decision, according to the statement.
MercoPress 2009
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The night had so pleasantly progressed to a different conclusion than either of them had intended that they had both thought it cruel to interrupt it with discussion of the impracticality of their relationship.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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Biblical injunctions often are all the more valuable for their impracticality in the real world.
St. Warren Casts Not the First Stone Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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(The impracticality of this option was obviously the whole point.)
Matthew Yglesias » Friedman to Palestinians: Suck on This 2009
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I refused the knickers, though, on grounds of rampant impracticality.
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