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Laputan

Laputan

9.9
Full of very unrealistic ideas that cannot work in real life
  • adjective
  • /ləˈpjuːtən/
  • Literature
translation icon : laputense
  • His proposal for solving the energy crisis was so Laputan that no one could take it seriously.

Examples

  • The novel is filled with Laputan inventions that defy logic and practicality.

  • The architect's Laputan designs were criticized for being impractical.

  • Critics dismissed the project as a Laputan fantasy detached from reality.

  • His Laputan theories about time travel are entertaining but unrealistic.

  • Critics dismissed the project as a Laputan fantasy detached from reality.

  • His proposal for solving the energy crisis was so Laputan that no one could take it seriously.

  • The architect's Laputan designs were criticized for being impractical.

Synonyms

impractical
vsLaputan
38 5.3

Not sensible or likely to work in real life

is more imaginative and absurd rather than merely unworkable
visionary
vsLaputan
36 7.4

Ideas or plans that are not practical and unlikely to work

is more fancifully absurd and less focused on realism
utopian
vsLaputan
16 7.9

Having ideas about a perfect world that are impossible to make real

is more wildly absurd and satirical than idealistic planning
fanciful
vsLaputan
12 6.0

Imaginative but not true or practical

is more absurdly impractical and satirical than mere imagination
airy
vsLaputan
4 6.9

Ideas and plans that are not realistic

is more wildly imaginative and absurd than light speculation
faigan
vsLaputan
9.9

Full of playful, imaginative, and unusual details that surprise people

is more absurd and impractical than playful imagination

How Impractical

Laputan
  • Literature
9.9
fanciful
12 6.0
impractical
38 5.3
practical
507 2.6

Surface Forms

Laputan positive

Morphology

Laputan = Laputa (semi-transparent) = Laputa + an

Morphologically formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-an' to the proper name 'Laputa', clearly indicating 'relating to Laputa'.

Etymology

Laputan comes from Laputa, the flying island in Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' where scholars make clever but useless machines and ideas that do not touch real life. So calling something Laputan means it is 'fanciful' or 'very impractical', a plan that sounds clever but cannot work.