Impractical and Utopian

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Impractical adjective - Not practical or realizable; speculative.

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Utopian is a synonym for impractical in unrealistic topic. In some cases you can use "Utopian" instead an adjective "Impractical".

Utopian adjective - Having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality.

Usage example: a plan to revitalize the city's decaying downtown that proved to be overly ambitious and utopian

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Impractical is a synonym for utopian in imaginary topic. You can use "Impractical" instead an adjective "Utopian".

Nearby Word: utopia

In the very first chapter, Kenshin states that Kaoru's father's ideology of "the sword that protects life" is a utopian, impractical ideal, but one that he would rather believe in instead of the true nature of kenjutsu as a killing art.

Source: Japanese Spirit
When the idea of intentional "improvement" of humanity through selective breeding was first brought up (the term eugenics had yet to be coined), Darwin referred to it as "utopian" (as in impractical or unrealistic).

Source: God Never Said That
In Dan Abnett's Warhammer 40,000 Horus Heresy novel Legion, members of the Alpha Legion describe the Emperor's plan as utopian and therefore impractical-although stating they will support him fully.

Source: Utopia

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