How To Use Impractical In A Sentence

He says the briefcase is impractical: A lot of other people in our office use rucksacks because they cycle to work. Briefcases are the new suspenders | clusterflock
There is much in the words and thoughts of the Romantic poets that is excessive or impractical, but their beliefs and the passion with which they pursued them still serve as an example.
We chose to sit on a comfortable settee rather than on hard chairs or impractical looking stools.
They are full of impractical ideas. Times, Sunday Times
The idea of taking a day off seemed impractical at the time. Christianity Today

In the 1890s, women some women found they could cast off their impractical and uncomfortable clothing in favour of pantaloons.
True, they're intriguing but seem impractical. Times, Sunday Times
Biblical injunctions often are all the more valuable for their impracticality in the real world. St. Warren Casts Not the First Stone
Some impractical suggestions were turned down by the committee.
It is also clear that it would be inhuman, impractical and ruinous for the economy to require them to leave en masse. Times, Sunday Times
These majors were too theoretical and impractical, so that it would have been hard to find a job.
This system (following the Byzantine system) was sensible for a large agrarian empire for which detailed cadastral surveys were impractical.
In fact, some could seem impractical, if not a nuisance. Times, Sunday Times
Officials say this would be impractical and mean patients would be denied access to innovative products. Times, Sunday Times
Also available for $14.98 was a grey and black version of the shrunken vest Victorya put over her design, but I passed on that, because really, for most of us, "shrunken" is just a code word for "impractical. Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
You reasoned that a first-order response would have been impractical because it would require research on both your own part and on the part of your opponent, so you went on to a second order response. Perils of pop philosophy
It's impractical to have so many people all trying to use this equipment at the same time.
My original intention was to study all morning, but this turned out to be impractical.
Conservation officers get the beasts to trample shacks on protected forest land in the Assam region, where hilly terrain makes bulldozers impractical. The Sun
We hope he will join us in looking for realistic proposals to solve this problem instead of inventing impractical schemes like some latter day Walter Mitty.
To expect automatic protection from the police is impractical.
Continue to explore your options, including those that seem impractical or far-fetched. Times, Sunday Times
Citing 'impracticality' and an economic downturn is questionable. The Online Citizen
That makes them impractical as well as ugly. Times, Sunday Times
refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense
NASA basked in the reflected glow of the enormous publicity that NIAC projects received, but the organization also attracted criticism because some of the concepts that were funded seemed impractical, at least in the near term. Should NIAC be Revived? - NASA Watch
Advice along the lines of, ‘Get 'em all bladdered at lunch time and they'll never notice’ has already been voted down as being impractical.
But the impracticality of the vision must soon have been recognized.
The depth of Lake Washington makes suspension type bridges (cable stay included) impractical from a cost standpoint (you can tank the glaciers for that). Council Moving Closer to McGinn on 520 Light Rail « PubliCola
While it is possible to look at all possible pairs of markers, examining all possible triplets and quadruplets quickly becomes impractical.
Hmm, I KNOW my old PI who insisted upon having glass versions of everything lab related, no matter how impractical, is laughing maniacally right now. Your Biology isn't Safe
Wal-Mart also is restricting a half-dozen phthalates in "mouthable" products for children under three to no more than 1,000 parts per million, which in effect makes their use impractical, experts say. Wal-Mart Raises Bar on Toy-Safety Standards
This current system is unworkable, impractical and damaging to the physical and economic health of our once lovely Auld Grey Town.
In the end, however, mass evacuation was deemed impractical.
Adoption of modern agricultural practices and use of technology is inadequate, hampered by ignorance of such practices, high costs and impracticality in the case of small land holdings.
Where others would have dismissed the idea as impractical, Sherwood set about locating those vehicles which had survived intact.
Churches frequently provide employees with benefits whose value is so minimal that it would be impractical to account for it. Christianity Today
Although the reported research marks an important step forward, Morse believes that the use of these biological methods to control such syntheses would be impractical on an industrial scale.
It was totally impractical to think that we could finish the job in two months.
My original intention was to study all morning, but this turned out to be impractical.
The general consensus seems to be that a return to a full winter season would be a backward step - and not just because of the impracticalities.
However, analyses of large samples are often impractical due to the expense of individual genotyping.
The nature and tempo of military exercises, far less operations and warfare, make this entirely impractical. Times, Sunday Times
He rejected my suggestion as impractical.
I’m currently in RN school; all I can say is 1) thank goodness we don’t have to wear dresses anymore, horribly impractical and 2) Not only were the hats ugly, but hats were banned because research found them un-hygienic (hats brushed up against curtains and were rarely cleaned which equaled nosocomial infection) I Can Be a Nurse « Awful Library Books
Well, in an essay published by Newsweek late last year, Rubin worried about too much spending on job-creation, opposed forcing the riskiest derivative contracts onto public exchanges, resisted an accounting reform that would require financial institutions to assess their assets based on actual market prices rather than just making things up, and warned against what he calls impractical proposals to break up "too big to fail" banks. Vice President Biden Lends His Prestige To Robert Rubin's Relaunch
He told me that he wanted to get me something silly, something completely impractical.
He owned a chocolate-box house that was hopelessly impractical. Times, Sunday Times
Many council officials also dismiss the idea of moving people indoors as completely impractical, because of the numbers and logistics involved.
He was a wonderful companion but hopelessly impractical.
they resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives
Wenonah Hauter, the executive director of Food & Water Watch - which calls irradiation "a gross failure" - told me it was "expensive and impractical, a band-aid on the real problems with our food system. Boing Boing
But there was no aviation bureaucracy to stifle initiative and smother the life from our most wild and impractical dreams - an endangered species if there was one.
The merit of the Record of Achievement movement lay not in the graded test profile therefore, which proved impractical.
My original intention was to study all morning, but this turned out to be impractical.
Some thought was given to the possibility of creating artificial cobwebs, but it was decided that it would be impractical and unauthentic in a museum which prides itself on its authenticity.
Doctors suggested the idea was probably impractical. Times, Sunday Times
In practice, it proved impractical to sustain all the original principles in this legislation, particularly the principle that a married couple would share a common nationality.
While you recognise the good intentions behind these, nobody seems to understand how impractical their ideas are. Times, Sunday Times
She explained to her superiors the impracticality of such a project.
The bill was not just excessive but also expensive, not just illiberal but impractical, not just unnecessary but unworkable.
Ritter plans to tear down the building, saying restoration would be impractical.
The production of similar fuels from water, CO 2, and sunlight is at present impractical because the required devices are either costly or inefficient.
I think it impractical that every public toilet be soundproofed, nice though that would be.
Solar preheater - the solar preheater can be connected to an existing hot water storage tank to which it is impractical or inconvenient to attach collectors directly. 1. PRINCIPLES
India, for instance, makes short-term assignments impractical because of laborious visa requirements.
Independence Party (UNIP) of Kenneth Kaunda of intransigency, making impractical pre-talks conditions. ANC Daily News Briefing
The alternative procedure, spore segregation, is impractical for hyperyellow mycelia that sporulate very poorly or not at all.
These adorable, fairytale-like creations, which recall Alice In Wonderland and smack of defiant frivolity and impracticality, are the recessionista's status symbol of choice.
Melanie cleans office buildings but dreams of a better life that Teddo, an idealistic and impractical dreamer, cannot provide.
Your extreme alarmism is impractical and borderline hysterical. About: Blinded by Science
To state the obvious, I’m sure the expense and impracticality is what appeals to them. Matthew Yglesias » The Drug-Cougar Connection
If so, I can assure you, as a practical aeronautical engineer, that such a trip is neither fantastic nor impractical.
‘I found myself being called a tool of the Communists and an impractical religious visionary,’ Ryan wrote.
At the same time, prominent articles appeared in the news media attempting to carefully explain U.S. government thinking on the impracticality or inadvisability of using nuclear weapons. The Iran Consensus Grows More Dangerous
Urine tests for alcohol proved to be just as impractical in the field as blood sampling.
People who are smart but don't get things done often have PhDs and work in big companies where nobody listens to them because they are completely impractical.
We chose to sit on a comfortable settee rather than on hard chairs or impractical looking stools.
Robin Dunbar, who studies baboons, thinks that human language started as a substitute for grooming, because humans lived in such large groups that grooming was impractical. The Benefits of Tickling
The impractical nature of one sovereign having to perform homage as a vassal to another, with ties of fealty that theoretically prevented an independent foreign policy, were unworkable and was a major cause of the Hundred Years War.
For some reason now obscure to him, he'd thought it an impractical study, suited only to unworldly dreamers. THE CURSE OF CHALION
Moving terabytes of data through servers becomes impractical and degrades the overall system.
He spoke with his ladies in a friendly, melodious voice as he carried out boxes of expensive, impractical footwear for their pleasure and delight.
The birth and rising of new disciplines can realize the applications which are previously either unrealizable or impractical.
It also provided for compensation to be paid to victims, preferably from the assets of the criminal concerned or, if that was impractical, from a State account set up for the purpose, funded by court fines and estreated bail, among others. ANC Daily News Briefing
Arguing that idealism, like the belief in heaven, makes us impractical, insensate, and out of touch with this world, Levis fuses tropes of religion with tropes of riding horseback.
Was the idealism practiced by Nehru therefore impractical?
In addition, you could fit 200 mm glass fibre insulation between the joists beneath the bedroom floorboards, though this can prove impractical since it involves lifting up the flooring in the bedroom.
This makes such systems impractical for most small businesses. Times, Sunday Times
In an era when battlefield telegraphy was impractical, sound was the primary means by which commanders grasped what was happening on the battlefield.
It was impractical to think that we could build the house in one month.
To brush this consideration aside as idealistic and impractical would be to miss the truth that there is, on occasion, nothing so practical as the right ideal.
It would have been impractical for the Palace Theatre to contact all ticket holders in time for today's first performance, especially when it was not known what the problem was or whether it could be fixed until the engineer had arrived.
The Kyoto Protocol was derided by some in the United States as a fantasy, impractical to implement and unfair in that it did not enlist developing countries in this ‘global’ effort.
Another hindrance is the way the United States handles its customs administration, where uncertainty as to rate of duty and delay in getting goods through the customs often makes it impractical, if not impossible, for the businessman to ship his goods to that market. Business Action
The night had so pleasantly progressed to a different conclusion than either of them had intended that they had both thought it cruel to interrupt it with discussion of the impracticality of their relationship. O: A Presidential Novel
Thus, encourage every single member of your team to be an ideas scout - not all new ideas may be practical - but the impractical ideas could lead to superior ideas.
The idea of taking a day off seemed impractical at the time. Christianity Today
It had cream leather seats and proved totally impractical. Times, Sunday Times
My original intention was to study all morning, but this turned out to be impractical.
The "impracticality" of finding survivors or bodies led to the decision, according to the statement. MercoPress
We could make settlements safer by changing cropping patterns but it's impractical to ask farmers to uproot their sugarcane and tea bushes.
The Cabinet also felt it was impractical, expensive and open to abuse, and the proposal was dropped.
During that period many new ideas have been dreamed up that were tested, tried and quickly discarded as they proved to be impractical. Times, Sunday Times
Experts fear felling all affected trees could be impractical. Times, Sunday Times
So, Mr millionaire Broon's a bodger - and so mean and hopelessly impractical that he gives children dangerously faulty electrical toys to play with. Gordon Gives Himself a Shock
she was annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical
The director, when queried, professed to have an insufficient staff to uncrate the objects I had requested and, furthermore, the process would be impractical considering their value and fragility.
‘It would be unrealistic and impractical to expect the HSA to provide a constant presence in every workplace,’ said Minister Kitt.
Conservation officers get the beasts to trample shacks on protected forest land in the Assam region, where hilly terrain makes bulldozers impractical. The Sun
Because of this, service à la française was rendered impractical, making room for service à la russe, or service in the Russian style, which was brought to France in 1811 by the Russian ambassador. Setting the Table | Edwardian Promenade
In terms of health care reform, they were papered over by the hopes of many progressive liberals -- who were willing to give up fighting for Medicare-For-All as politically "impractical" -- of achieving a robust public option as an acceptable compromise in the context of a larger health insurance mandate. Miles Mogulescu: The Democrats' Authoritarian Health "Reform" Bill and the Ascendency of Corporatism in the Democratic Party
Not only would it be impractical and unworkable, I doubt whether anyone could seriously believe it.
It is impractical to try to charge interest on an hourly basis. Times, Sunday Times
There are sound, practical grounds for arguing that such an approach would be ill-conceived, impractical and dangerous.
It also noted that most legal internships are in London, which can seem impractical and too expensive to some students. Times, Sunday Times
So far the excimer laser is used primarily for small patches because treating large areas would take a half hour or more, making the visit economically impractical for the doctor. New Laser for Psoriasis Aims to Cut Treatment
It is impossible and impractical to use a tripod, either use a monopod or rest the rim of the lens on the windowsill.
Geniuses are supposed to be eccentric and hopelessly impractical.
She had certainly been an attractive woman but, as he soon discovered, she was also impractical, ineffectual and, above all, conventional.
Continue to explore your options, including those that seem impractical or far-fetched. Times, Sunday Times
An entirely rigid system is impractical.
Here are prosthetic tools missing vital parts, a shelf rendered impractical by being made of cardboard, a water cabinet designated as sculptural, and a roll of woodchip wallpaper with every single chip obsessively hand-coloured. This week's new exhibitions
It's impractical to have so many people all trying to use this equipment at the same time.
Conservation officers get the beasts to trample shacks on protected forest land in the Assam region, where hilly terrain makes bulldozers impractical. The Sun
In any case, the idea is as impractical as it is offensive. Times, Sunday Times
The broad, fullered blade with a clipped-back point seen on the sword shown on the salt is quite impractical for hunting.
A common means of modern encryption is a one-way system in which encryption is easy but decryption is computationally impractical.
an impractical solution
Her size makes it impractical to use her as a patrol dog, but her sense of smell is so keen she can detect even trace amounts of drugs.
Delay, impractical documentary formalities, lax enforcement, continuing widespread visibility of piracy and the export of pirated goods remain concerns.
And the manager's white shirt and tie is totally impractical working around food. The Sun
A very romantic nature can establish impractical or uncertain objectives.
It became impractical to make a business trip by ocean liner.
He was a wonderful companion but hopelessly impractical.
That makes them impractical as well as ugly. Times, Sunday Times
It is obvious that it is generally impractical for judges, as a result of their position, to personally counter political attacks.
Better just frankly to acknowledge the university's "impracticality" and defend it on its own intrinsic merits. City Journal
Television chiefs had considered using a genuine Hindu temple in the city for filming, but realised it would be impractical to take over a place of religious worship for an estimated six days.
Glass thermometers are suitable for measuring temperature at the Earth's surface but would be impractical at higher levels.
If you must deal with many-megabyte XML documents, it's often impractical to spend the memory, disk space, and CPU overhead to manipulate such huge documents.
Churches frequently provide employees with benefits whose value is so minimal that it would be impractical to account for it. Christianity Today
Early in the outbreak, vaccination had been considered but was not called on because it was deemed impractical.
It is generally impractical to provide reservoir storage for extremely large and infrequent floods.
Media interest has spiralled to the point that one-on-one interviews are impractical.
Such a solution proved impractical.
The low population density in rural areas makes the provision of specialized mental health services in those areas impractical.
Today such a view would strike most people in the business as ridiculously impractical.
And he used to make totally impractical suggestions, not least for the menu. Times, Sunday Times
Materials that superconduct at low temperatures are impractical because they must first be cooled to hundreds of degrees below zero.
Detractors claim the building will be ugly and impractical.
And trying to raise the money from toll charges on visitors to the national park is impractical. Times, Sunday Times
Jupiter, we need to either: adapt Jupiter (impractical), construct habitats and live in terraria (only slightly more practical), or adapt human beings to Jupiter. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
Since this is difficult and it may be impractical for you to create an ‘allergy-proof’ home, at least make sure your bedroom is as allergen-free as possible.
He was hopelessly impractical when it came to planning new projects.
And he used to make totally impractical suggestions, not least for the menu. Times, Sunday Times
You might not think it to see my trotters in trainers, but I would dearly love to be able to get away with impractical heels.
It's often difficult, expensive and impractical to go green in the office. Times, Sunday Times
To moderate a newsgroup you have to get involved several times a day, or it becomes too impractical to have conversations.
Security is this amorphous, not understandable, unachievable, impractical thing.
he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work
However, the complexity of construction and the costs involved in gathering all the needed components make this impractical for most people.
In a 1986 book, Matsunaga came up with a brilliant, idealistic, impractical, and visionary idea.
And trying to raise the money from toll charges on visitors to the national park is impractical. Times, Sunday Times
It would be impractical to ask to patients to assess their own night vision out of doors.
I checked my crazy, impractical bathing suit at least 500 times to see if I was "boobing out", and thanks to the halter gods, I almost always was. Archive 2008-06-01
We would never try this in Ajijic as shopping by taxi is expensive and impractical at Lakeside. Charging for parking
However, it is at the same time both impractical and misguided.
| Reply the only thing that makes it impractical is no one has the desire to do it. EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The “Star Wars” Worlds: More Science Than Fiction?
Conservation officers get the beasts to trample shacks on protected forest land in the Assam region, where hilly terrain makes bulldozers impractical. The Sun
By the way, this is the ichthyological sub-species known as the "Fashion Salmon," identifiable by the stylish suit, impractical bag, and single-digit steering technique. Conspiracy Theory: "Soylent Green is Douches!"
In fact, the extremely complex reticles that will be required to extend optical lithography below 100 nm will make the cost of ownership impractical for low-volume applications.
They think the towering shoes she was tottering around in look like golf clubs and would be totally impractical. The Sun
His designs may prove impractical for some farmers. Times, Sunday Times
In fact, some could seem impractical, if not a nuisance. Times, Sunday Times
While the tracking sensitivity has been greatly enhanced by having a pilot signal, the extremely long code chosen has made it impractical to use it for acquisition.
In any case, the idea is as impractical as it is offensive. Times, Sunday Times
This is an amazingly brilliant if impractical idea given the level of corruption in military and doubtless civilian procurement (sort of super-debarment for those versed in procurement law), but we all know it will never survive the legislative sausage factory. Discourse.net: Goverment to Only Do Business With Honest Contractors -- Military-Industrial Complex Faces Doom
It is impractical to presume that this zero-sum-game cost approach could be implemented ratably during the first few years of any bill, but a time line based on reasonable savings estimates can be crafted if there is the will to have reform linked to a cost neutral proposition. John R. Price: Who Killed Obama's Health Care Reform?
High costs of barbering and laundering made middle-class decorum impractical, but, even if a clean-shaven, white-shirted appearance were possible, everyone preferred tattered clothing, adorned with a revolver and bowie knife.
My impractical high heels are cradled in my bag, to be slipped on later.
I don't understand how your view of freedom doesn't result in coercive situations, and to argue that kids can just switch schools when they have a teacher that is evangelizing to them is impractical on several counts, including that for many it's just not geographically possible. Sound Politics: Onward Christian Soldiers
There's even a fantastically useless wall-mounted electric hob with vertically placed hotplates that seems to revel in its impracticality and urge reluctant cooks to go to the pub instead.
During that period many new ideas have been dreamed up that were tested, tried and quickly discarded as they proved to be impractical. Times, Sunday Times
The road toll scheme was dismissed as impractical.
Banning them would probably be impractical; pricing them off the road is eminently sensible.
The road toll scheme was dismissed as impractical.
Pursuing art seemed impractical, so he joined the family concrete block manufacturing business.
Clearly this is an impracticality not only for patrons, but for librarians as well.
The vocal writing for both soloists and chorus is demanding almost to the point of impracticality.
Hence it is impractical for businesses to begin widespread testing. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
I don't think it would have been so popular if we hadn't got rid of the old Brownie uniform - those bobble hats and horrible belted dresses were impractical and unappealing.
And trying to raise the money from toll charges on visitors to the national park is impractical. Times, Sunday Times
Also, by applying the concept of resonance, he was able to account for the delocalization of electrons in some molecules, although this involved drawing multiple structures for a given molecule, something that was impractical for large molecules. Happy Birthday, Linus!
The Cabinet also felt it was impractical, expensive and open to abuse, and the proposal was dropped.
He found coaching his children's sports teams to be impractical.
And the manager's white shirt and tie is totally impractical working around food. The Sun
The West Wing is complete fiction, a never-could-happen-in-real-life ride through idealized politics and equally impractical individuals.
Novick dismisses this notion without difficulty: the plan was considered, and found to be impractical.
It's the very "impracticality" of the humanities that makes them valuable to human beings and their societies. Robin Lakoff: Education: Yes, but Why?

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