How to Use impractical in a Sentence

impractical

adjective

• He was a dreamy and impractical young man.
• Little sports cars are impractical for large families.
• In fact, that would be impractical and there simply isn’t the time.
  — Lindsay Suddon, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
• This made the method impractical for me and for most people who owe the IRS money.
  — Jay L. Zagorsky, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2023
• The state house speaker has called the plan impractical.
  — Casey Tolan, CNN, 27 Feb. 2023
• So has this fresh build changed our minds about the ridiculous and impractical nature of the monowheel.
  — Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 11 July 2024
• If that seems a bit impractical, here are a few things to try instead.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2022
• Jennifer Lopez just stepped out in what’s got to be one of her most impractical ’fits yet.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
• The car was enormous but Rio could not be dwarfed by his impractical ride.
  — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 18 Apr. 2022
• The ideas were seen as impractical to some who were involved in the discussions.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 23 June 2023
• But as a paraplegic, the idea of leaping out of a plane without the use of my legs seemed somewhat impractical.
  — Sophie Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2024
• These may be rewarding in the short term, but too impractical and expensive to save oil and gas in the long term.
  — Ian Palmer, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• But for many of these problems, finding a solution in the first place seemed to take an impractical amount of time.
  — Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2022
• Such a tiny vest is impractical in its natural state as in part of a three-piece suit, not to mention it’s corny and stuffy.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2021
• But for many, that kind of self-care is out of reach or impractical against the drip, drip, drip of demands from clients, bosses and landlords.
  — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022
• In recent seasons, the over-the-top looks seen on the show, which can verge on the impractical, have become memes on social media.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2023
• And the size is great, with just enough power to work well but a slim enough profile to slip into the smallest, most impractical bags.
  — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 24 July 2024
• The plan is so impractical and wrongheaded that one wonders why Democrats proposed it in the first place.
  — The Editors, National Review, 28 Oct. 2021
• It’s now impractical not to pass some of these costs on, management said.
  — Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2022
• Thin impractical scarves do seem to be making a comeback for spring.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2024
• Deep learning had been around for years, but was thought impractical.
  — James Somers, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2021
• However, these plans were scrapped and deemed impractical since divers would be unable to safely reach the depths of the shipwreck.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
• And with the kindness of so many strangers, what seems impractical will likely again prove to be possible.
  — Nedra Rhone, ajc, 10 Sep. 2021
• Mack’s parents may have taught him to stay close to the nest, but that’s terribly impractical in winter.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
• But the finicky process takes about three days and can be done only in labs cleared to handle such pathogens, rendering it impractical.
  — NBC News, 30 Jan. 2022
• Gone are the impractical thin, rock-solid slip-on sandals and house slippers.
  — Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping, 7 Mar. 2023
• But aid groups say replacing the agency is impractical in the short or medium term.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
• The location seemed ideal at first but turned out to be impractical.
  — Helen Purcell Montag, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
• On the other hand, setting up supply chains and factories to complete the entire manufacturing process separately in each country was impractical.
  — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 21 Nov. 2024
• Drone fleets are impractical if not impossible to shoot down with conventional projectiles.
  — Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024