practical
practical [adj]
1. concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art"
2. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"
3. being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"
4. having or put to a practical purpose or use; "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus"
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feasible, realistic, applicable, useful, sensible, efficacious, workable, down-to-earth, matter-of-fact, pragmatic, hardnosed, hard-headed, businesslike, experienced, trained, qualified, skilled, accomplished, proficient, hands on, applied, serviceable, utilitarian, functional
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impractical
