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Impractical

Not practical.

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Similar meaning 10

Crazy 84% connected

Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.

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Crazy 84% connected

Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Quixotic 84% connected

Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded.

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Quixotic 84% connected

Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded.

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Romantic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Romantic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion…

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Unwieldy 84% connected

Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous.

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Unwieldy 84% connected

Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous.

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Utopian 84% connected

Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian pro…

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Utopian 84% connected

Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian pro…

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See also 2

Impossible 66% connected

Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under t…

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Impossible 66% connected

Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under t…

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Attribute 2

Practicality 66% connected

The quality or state of being practical; practicalness.

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Practicality 66% connected

The quality or state of being practical; practicalness.

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Synonym 4

Airy 92% connected

Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Laputan 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; prepo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Visionary 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Windy 92% connected

Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Practical 94% connected

Of or pertaining to practice or action.

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Practical 94% connected

Of or pertaining to practice or action.

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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