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"Personally I think reform of the EU is impractical and that we should come out," he said.
This is not only impractical , but is nonsense in both economic and environmental terms.
Roger Mosey, the BBC's former editorial director who edited Radio 4's Today programme, said: "I think it's completely impractical , unless you are given a list of banned people who aren't allowed on your programme.
The head of Shell has launched a stinging attack on increasingly vocal critics who are calling for fossil fuels to be left in the ground, accusing them of peddling naive and impractical solutions to climate change.
Like pizza or burritos, there is a tendency to top or roll pancakes with anything and everything, just because you can: Cajun chicken, pulled pork, full English, asparagus and Hollandaise, curry, tuna melt, but such combinations are often highly impractical (pancakes are horrible when soggy), and they rarely improve on how said dishes are normally served.
"Why on earth would you insist on impractical windows one cannot properly open (to the inside, that is), and which you therefore cannot even really get clean other than from the outside by a window cleaner on a ladder?" asks the Kent University lecturer, who has spent almost 10 years on our rainy island.
Do you think everyone should follow their passions and be 'true' to themselves, even if their dreams may be impractical , hard to achieve or financially unstable?
Theory's navy suede version is a little more on the money, what with its cross straps and pinched waist, although it's a little impractical if you planned on working with flour while wearing it.
Again, it is opposed by Tillerson and his fellow directors, who in a letter to shareholders recommend they vote down the resolution as impractical.
To make the format accessible, the watches are operated by voice or swipes – typing on a screen not much bigger than a postage stamp being rather impractical.
Getting the vulture back into Doongerwadis may be a romantic ideal for a species as threatened, but we may have to accept that it is impractical , even inadvisable, in today's urban crunch.
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The adjective "impractical " primarily functions to describe a noun as not practical, feasible, or sensible . It indicates that a plan, idea, or object is unlikely to succeed or be useful in a real-world situation . Ludwig AI confirms this with numerous examples illustrating its descriptive role.
Expression frequency: Very common
