ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Empractical

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Empractical is an adjective meaning (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.

Meaning

(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.

Example Sentences

A surgeon performing an operation may make empractical utterances to her assistant to request tools, such as "scalpel".

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include interlocutory, practical, interlocutional, pragmatistic, grammaticopragmatic, colloquial.

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