Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working |
| Synonyms: | busted, coming unglued, coming unstuck, defective, disabled, down, exhausted, fallen apart, faulty, feeble, gone, gone to pieces, gone to pot, haywire, imperfect, in disrepair, in need of repair, in the shop, inoperable, kaput, not functioning, on the blink, on the fritz, on the shelf, out, out of commission, out of kilter, out of order, out of whack, ruined, run-down, screwed up, shot, spent, unsatisfactory, weak, wracked, wrecked |
| Antonyms: | fixed, unbroken, working |
| Main Entry: | impractical/impracticable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrealistic |
| Synonyms: | abstract, absurd, chimerical, idealistic, illogical, impossible, impracticable, improbable, inapplicable, inefficacious, infeasible, inoperable, irrealizable, ivory-tower, no-go, nonfunctional, nonviable, not a prayer, otherworldly, out of the question, quixotic, romantic, speculative, starry-eyed, theoretical, unattainable, unbusinesslike, unfeasible, unreal, unserviceable, unusable, unwise, unworkable, useless, visionary, wild, won't fly |
| Antonyms: | practicable, practical, probable, realistic, reasonable, tenable, viable |
| Main Entry: | incurable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfixable, unchangeable |
| Synonyms: | cureless, deadly, fatal, hopeless, immedicable, impossible, inoperable, irrecoverable, irremediable, irreparable, nowhere to go, out of time, remediless, serious, terminal, uncorrectable, unrecoverable |
| Antonyms: | curable, healable, medicable, operable |
| Main Entry: | on the blink |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working continuously |
| Synonyms: | bonkers, broken, busted, defective, disabled, down, fallen apart, faulty, gone to pieces, haywire, in disrepair, in need of repair, in the shop, inoperable, kaput, kerflooey, not functioning, not working, on the fritz, on the fritz, on the shelf, out, out of commission, out of commission, out of kilter, out of kilter, out of order, out of whack, out of whack, run-down, shot, spent, wrecked |
| Main Entry: | impractical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrealistic |
| Synonyms: | abstract, absurd, chimerical, idealistic, illogical, impossible, impracticable, improbable, inapplicable, inefficacious, infeasible, inoperable, ivory-tower, no go, nonfunctional, nonviable, otherworldly, quixotic, romantic, speculative, starry-eyed, theoretical, unattainable, unbusinesslike, unfeasible, unreal, unserviceable, unusable, unwise, unworkable, useless, visionary, wild, won't fly |
| Notes: | impractical means 'not advisable to put into practice' while impracticable means 'not capable of being put into practice'; impractical or unpractical is something that can be done but isn't worth doing while impracticable means it can't be done at all |
| Antonyms: | practical, sensible |
| Main Entry: | out of order |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working |
| Synonyms: | bonkers, broken, faulty, haywire, in disrepair, inoperable, kerflooey, on the blink, on the fritz, out of commission, out of kilter, out of whack |
| Main Entry: | on the fritz |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in disrepair |
| Synonyms: | bonkers, broken, faulty, haywire, inoperable, kerflooey, malfunctioning, not working, on the blink, on the bum, out of commission, out of kilter, out of order, out of whack |
| Main Entry: | unnegotiable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impracticable |
| Synonyms: | abstract, absurd, chimerical, idealistic, illogical, impossible, impractical, improbable, inapplicable, inefficacious, infeasible, inoperable, irrealizable, ivory-tower, no-go, nonfunctional, nonviable, not a prayer, otherworldly, out of the question, quixotic, romantic, speculative, starry-eyed, theoretical, unattainable, unbusinesslike, unfeasible, unreal, unserviceable, unusable, unwise, unworkable, useless, visionary, wild, won't fly |
| Main Entry: | unusable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impracticable |
| Synonyms: | abstract, absurd, chimerical, idealistic, illogical, impossible, impractical, improbable, inapplicable, inefficacious, infeasible, inoperable, irrealizable, ivory-tower, no-go, nonfunctional, nonviable, not a prayer, otherworldly, out of the question, quixotic, romantic, speculative, starry-eyed, theoretical, unattainable, unbusinesslike, unfeasible, unnegotiable, unreal, unwise, unworkable, useless, visionary, wild, won't fly |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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