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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautifying |
| Synonyms: | adorning, cosmetic, embellishing, enhancing, fancy, florid, nonfunctional, ornamental, prettifying, pretty |
| Antonyms: | ugly |
| Main Entry: | useless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working; not valuable |
| Synonyms: | abortive, bootless, counterproductive, disadvantageous, dysfunctional, expendable, feckless, fruitless, futile, good-for-nothing, hopeless, idle, impracticable, impractical, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, inoperative, inutile, meaningless, no good, nonfunctional, of no use, pointless, profitless, purposeless, scrap, stupid*, unavailable, unavailing, unfunctional, unproductive, unprofitable, unpurposed, unusuable, unworkable, vain, valueless, waste, weak, worthless |
| Antonyms: | helpful, usable, useful, valuable, working, worthwhile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | inutile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | useless |
| Synonyms: | abortive, bootless, counterproductive, disadvantageous, dysfunctional, expendable, feckless, fruitless, futile, good-for-nothing, hopeless, idle, impracticable, impractical, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, inoperative, meaningless, no good, nonfunctional, of no use, pointless, profitless, purposeless, scrap, stupid*, unavailable, unavailing, unfunctional, unproductive, unprofitable, unpurposed, unusable, unusuable, unworkable, vain, valueless, waste, weak, worthless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | useless |
| Synonyms: | abortive, bootless, counterproductive, disadvantageous, dysfunctional, expendable, feckless, fruitless, futile, good-for-nothing, hopeless, idle, impracticable, impractical, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, inoperative, inutile, meaningless, no good, nonfunctional, of no use, pointless, profitless, purposeless, scrap, stupid*, unavailable, unavailing, unfunctional, unproductive, unprofitable, unpurposed, unusuable, unworkable, vain, valueless, waste, weak, worthless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | unworkable |
| 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, unserviceable, unusable, useless, visionary, wild, won't fly |
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