Alive
Impractical
Impractical adjective - Not capable of being put to use or account.
Usage example: the flimsy little toy shovel was cute, but completely impractical for digging up tree stumps
Alive is an antonym for impractical.
Nearby Words: impracticable, impracticability
Both words in one sentence
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Awesome, but Impractical: If you keep the first two Transporters in Segment 1 Lead alive throughout the stage, they'll self-destruct when you reach the endboss Rex Cavalier, killing him before he can do anything.
Source: Video Game / Hellsinker -
Unfortunately, the sheer difficulty of keeping any Monster alive for six turns, as well as the fact that PUGM is basically a highly vulnerable beatstick, means that the whole archetype was considered Awesome, but Impractical even when it was new, and time has not been kind to it.
Source: Magikarp Power
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