Impractical and Unsuitable

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

Unsuitable and impractical are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unsuitable" instead an adjective "Impractical".

Unsuitable

Unsuitable adjective - Not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation.

Impractical and unsuitable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Impractical" instead an adjective "Unsuitable".

Nearby Word: unsuitably

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Earthsea aka: Tehanu Plus, some forms of reality warping are just plain impractical: For example, one could use it to change a rock into a diamond, but due to the way True Name magic works, all of the islands of Earthsea would change into diamonds too, which obviously would make them pretty unsuitable for living on.
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