Impractical and Reasonable

Impractical

Impractical adjective - Not capable of being put to use or account.

Reasonable is an antonym for impractical in unrealistic topic.

Reasonable

Reasonable adjective - According to the rules of logic.

Impractical is an antonym for reasonable in topics: moderate, intelligent.

Both words in one sentence

  • Impractically Fancy Outfit Revolutionary Girl Utena: Subverted somewhat with Utena — her impractical "shirt" is actually her jacket and she wears a perfectly reasonable tank top and bicycle shorts underneath.
  • In cases where historical records are 'fuzzy' on a particular topic, or recreating a historically-documented practice would be impractical or unsafe, it's usually acceptable to create a reasonable approximation using existing historical data.
  • Walking Tank While slightly more reasonable than the humanoid Humongous Mecha more common to Japanese media, these still mostly fall into the Awesome, but Impractical category, and thus this trope owes its existence primarily to the Rule of Cool.
    Source: Walking Tank
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