impracticality

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-bor.

Middle English in-

English im-

English practical

English impractical

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.

Latin -itās

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English impracticality

From impractical + -ity.

Pronunciation

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

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