impractical
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 →
2) Describing a person who is not good at everyday practical tasks or who has unrealistic ideas. tree →
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 →
- A glass lunchbox is impractical for a school bag. tree →
- His idea was fun but impractical. tree →
- Long dresses are impractical for climbing trees. tree →
- Grandad says I'm impractical because I can't fix my bike. tree →
- It would be impractical to walk to school in the snow, so we took the bus. tree →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.