impracticality

impracticality

English

Etymology

impractical +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪmˌpɹæktəˈkæləti/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɹæk.tɪˌkæl.ɪ.ti/

• CA synth

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Noun

impracticality (countable and uncountable, plural impracticalities)

1. The state or quality of being impractical.

   Antonym: practicality

   • 2015, Alison Matthews David, Fashion Victims: The Damages of Dress Past and Present, →ISBN, page 135:

     Fashion has often deliberately hindered bodily functions and emphasized impracticality.

2. Something which is impractical.

Synonyms

• infeasibility, unrealizability

Coordinate terms

• impossibility

Translations

state or quality of being impractical

Czech: nepraktičnost f