IMPRACTICAL in a Sentence

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Example sentences for IMPRACTICAL, such as:

1. DRM Group admits impracticality, not its technology.
2. The ideas of a visionary may seem impractical to us.
3. It became impractical to make a business trip by ocean liner.
4. Refloating the sunken ship proved impractical because of the great expense.
5. My original intention was to study all morning, but this turned out to be impractical.

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 Meanings and Examples of IMPRACTICAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
impractical
 a.  unwise to implement or maintain in practice; theoretical
Classic Sentence:
1  It was hard to say which class was more cordially hated by the settled citizenry, the impractical Yankee schoolmarms or the Scallawags, but the balance probably fell with the latter.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
2  And complete understanding, because he, like her, saw truth as truth, unobstructed by impractical notions of honor, sacrifice, or high belief in human nature.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXII
Example Sentence:
1  It became impractical to make a business trip by ocean liner.
2  My original intention was to study all morning, but this turned out to be impractical.
3  The ideas of a visionary may seem impractical to us.
4  The wounded were transported as tenderly as possible out of the main egress from the bowl, it being impractical to use the other.
5  Refloating the sunken ship proved impractical because of the great expense.
6  DRM Group admits impracticality, not its technology.