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The phrase "they were impractical" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is not suitable or effective in a practical sense, often in discussions about ideas, plans, or designs. Example: "While the concepts were innovative, they were impractical for real-world application."
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Officials occasionally cursed at the standards, complaining that they were impractical or too academic.
I loudly remarked to this effect when I modelled them – they weren't just infantilising, they were impractical – before handing them back with a flourish of disdain.
In the previous two reviews in 1996 and 1998, the board removed the deadlines for 1998 and 2001, saying they were impractical.
The nightly roundup e-mails of their work, part of a commitment to transparency, have halted because they were impractical and time-consuming, Mr. Ray said.
Craterus started to carry out Alexander's commands, but the successors chose not to further implement them, on the grounds they were impractical and extravagant.
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They are motivated by forces that are as unfathomable as they are impractical.
"There are a lot of embellishments on suits today, and they're impractical," she said.
Although there are some local bus services in the Landing Beaches area, they are impractical for touring.
Impatience, because at bottom they are impractical; too many match too few white-wine-oriented recipes too much of the time.
Whatever the reasoning, was his obsession with particular clothes really any different than that of legions of young girls who insist on dresses even when they're impractical?
But since you can't use them at all without a computer a few feet away, they're impractical as pocketable entertainment.
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