quixotic
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9.6
- adjective
- /kwɪkˈsɒtɪk/
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quijotesco
- So that was a quixotic moment of the kind Unamuno would have applauded.
- quixotic effort
However, I do agree with Nicodemus here because it's quixotic to think that in order to fix my stuff problem, I'll just buy the right stuff.
- However, I do agree with Nicodemus here because it's quixotic to think that in order to fix my stuff problem, I'll just buy the right stuff.
- However, it's quixotic to think that I can just do, I can add some apps and some technology and by adding more, that's how I get down to enough.
- And it seems a bit quixotic to me to try to find peace by like, well, I'm going to use this commute to, I guess listen to more, find more, search more.
- I meaning a fanciful, vain attempt at something is quixotic.
- And there's nothing that I see that keeps us from creating now that such a such a strange and quixotic possibility.
Examples
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Will you abandon your quixotic quest if the next poll shows Devore still in the teens?
Blog text (24) -
It is rather quixotic of you, but I think you should try.
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With my history, it would only be quixotic not to expect this sort of thing, wherever I went.
Fiction book (1996) -
But I do mind if you ruin yourself for some quixotic reason of your own.
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But law professors can be a little quixotic about such things, he says.
Academic text (2002) -
What had once been a very certain, structured existence had turned surprisingly quixotic.
Fiction book (1992) -
However, I do agree with Nicodemus here because it's quixotic to think that in order to fix my stuff problem, I'll just buy the right stuff.
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It's worth noting that the RFID chip was once widely seen as a quixotic fantasy, and its adoption was far from certain.
Academic text (2016) -
Rather than a quixotic lone crusader, he is a shrewd politician responding to voter demands.
Academic text (2009) -
Despite the challenges ahead, she remained focused on her quixotic dream of creating a utopian society.
Synonyms
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4.1
Having ideas that are too hopeful and not practical
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7.9
Having ideas about a perfect world that are impossible to make real
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5.3
Having goals that are too high to reach
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8.0
Having very extreme ideas or plans that are unlikely to work
Having strong beliefs about how people should behave to make the world better
Antonyms
How Idealistic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quixotic comes from the hero Don Quixote in a famous Spanish novel; he chased impossible dreams and even fought windmills he thought were giants, so quixotic means 'very idealistic and unrealistic'.