"empractical" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more empractical [comparative], most empractical [superlative]
Etymology: From em- + practical? Coined by Karl Bühler. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|en|practical|alt1=em}} em- + practical Head templates: {{en-adj}} empractical (comparative more empractical, superlative most empractical)
  1. (linguistics) Of or relating to a form of communication that is incidental to some practical activity, characterized by fragmentary utterances and more silence than a conversation. Wikipedia link: Karl Bühler Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: symphysical, sympractical, synsemantic
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