im·prac·ti·cal

(ĭm-prăk′tĭ-kəl)

adj.

1. Unwise to implement or maintain in practice: Refloating the sunken ship proved impractical because of the great expense.

2. Incapable of dealing efficiently with practical matters, especially finances.

3. Not a part of experience, fact, or practice; theoretical.

4. Impracticable. See Usage Note at impracticable.

im·prac′ti·cal′i·ty (-kăl′ĭ-tē), im·prac′ti·cal·ness n.

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Noun

impracticality - concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use

inutility, unusefulness, uselessness - the quality of having no practical use

idealism - impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are

practicality - concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities

Translations

Unbrauchbarkeit

impracticality

[ɪmˌpræktɪˈkælɪtɪ] N [of person] → falta f de sentido práctico; [of plan] → lo poco práctico

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impracticality

n (of person) → unpraktische Art; (of scheme, idea) → Unbrauchbarkeit f

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impracticality

[ɪmˌpræktɪˈkælɪtɪ] n (of person) → mancanza di praticità; (of plan) → poca praticità

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Amarjeet later told reporters that the reason the court dismissed Selangor's appeal against the EC to use the supplementary electoral roll a updated in September 2016 and the most recent a despite agreeing with the appellant was due to impracticality as the roll was constantly updated.

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