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# impractical

«impractical» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not sensible or useful in real life; hard to use or do** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (impractical, more impractical); noun «impracticality»

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not sensible or useful in real life; hard to use or do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impractical/#m1)

2) Describing a person who is not good at everyday practical tasks or who has unrealistic ideas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impractical/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: impractical shoes, clothes, gifts or plans. In design-technology lessons, pupils test whether a design is practical or impractical to use. Phrases: totally impractical, impractical for, impractical idea.

### examples

- White trainers are impractical for a muddy field trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impractical/#x1)
- A glass lunchbox is impractical for a school bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impractical/#x2)
- His idea was fun but impractical. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impractical/#x3)
- Long dresses are impractical for climbing trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impractical/#x4)
- Grandad says I'm impractical because I can't fix my bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impractical/#x5)
- It would be impractical to walk to school in the snow, so we took the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impractical/#x6)

### note

Opposite: «practical». Trap: «impractical» (not sensible) vs «impracticable» (cannot be done at all). In US English «impractical» is common for both.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «impractical» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impractical/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.