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Impracticable vs Utopian - What's the difference?

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Impracticable is a related term of utopian.


As adjectives the difference between impracticable and utopian

is that impracticable is not practicable; impossible or difficult in practice while utopian is ideal but often impractical; visionary.

As nouns the difference between impracticable and utopian

is that impracticable is (obsolete) an unmanageable person while utopian is someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia.

impracticable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not practicable; impossible or difficult in practice.
  • Of a passage or road: impassable.
  • (obsolete) Of a person or thing: unmanageable.
  • * {{quote-book, 1713, , The Fair Penitent citation
    • , passage=And yet this tough impracticable heart / Is govern'd by a dainty-finger'd girl ;
  • * {{quote-book, c. 1841, , Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks, year_published=1960 citation
    • , passage=H. is a person of extraordinary health & vigor, of unerring perception, & equal expression; and yet he is impracticable , and does not flow through his pen or (in any of our legitimate aqueducts) through his tongue.}}

    Antonyms

    * (impossible or difficult in practice) practicable

    Derived terms

    * impracticability * impracticableness * impracticably

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An unmanageable person.
  • * {{quote-book, 1829, Henry Barkley Henderson, The Bengalee, or Sketches of Society and Manners in the East citation
    • , passage=They were not allowed, of course, to join us in the sitting room, partly that their practice might not be disturbed, but principally, that I was looked upon as an utter impracticable . }}
  • * {{quote-book, 1867, , Famous Americans of Recent Times citation
    • , passage=The strict constructionists had dwindled to a few impracticables , headed by John Randolph. }}
  • * {{quote-book, 1870, , Society and Solitude citation
    • , passage=Then there are the gladiators, to whom it is always a battle ; 'tis no matter on which side, they fight for victory; then the heady men, the egotists, the monotones, the steriles, and the impracticables .}}

    utopian

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ideal but often impractical; visionary.
    • a utopian project
  • of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia
    • utopian happiness

    Synonyms

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    Antonyms

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    Related terms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 29, author=Michiko Kakutani, title=The Cult of the Amateur, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Digital utopians have heralded the dawn of an era in which Web 2.0

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