quixotic
Example Sentences
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With its aims so quixotic and its ambitions so extravagant, the movement was destined to fail.
What the film shows us, in what seems a very honest if impressionistic depiction, is that most of the world was not necessarily obsessed with rock and pop and quixotic campaigns to change the world.
The other advantage was their quixotic approach to financial markets: They were consciously looking for long shots.
From Literature
Chenoweth, who is as gleaming as a holiday ornament on Liberace’s Christmas tree, arrives at a canny balance of quixotic generosity and parvenu carelessness in her portrayal of a woman she refuses to lampoon.
From Los Angeles Times
And though he’s undeniably quixotic, PTA’s relentless urgency consistently overrides the sticky trappings of saccharine sentimentality that would snare less ambitious filmmakers.
From Salon
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