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impractical due to excessive romanticism or idealism

a quixotic law that was supposed to end excessive influence of special interests in government

quixotic = impractical due to excessive romanticism or idealism

as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood
And you and your sister were head and ears deep in some Quixotic scheme.
Forster, E. M. -- Howards End
Therefore all public ends look vague and quixotic beside private ones.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- Essays, Second Series
It is rather Quixotic of you.
Oscar Wilde -- The Importance of Being Earnest

quixotic = impractical due to excessive romanticism, idealism, and/or an overactive imagination

The man made a sweeping, quixotic bow, nearly falling from the horse.
Michael Shaara -- The Killer Angels

quixotic = impractical

...his first step as police chief was as seemingly quixotic as Gunn's. With felonies — serious crimes — on the subway system at an all-time high, Bratton decided to crack down on farebeating. Why? Because he believed that, like graffiti, farebeating could be a signal, a small expression of disorder that invited much more serious crimes.
Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point

quixotic = impractical due to excessive idealism

It may have been Quixotic, but it was magnificent.
Barrie, James Matthew -- The Adventures of Peter Pan
This family training, too, combined with their turn for combativeness, makes them eminently quixotic.
Hughes, Thomas -- Tom Brown's Schooldays
Oh, that's dead right, and I'm the last man to ask you to take Quixotic risks.
Hornung, E. W. -- Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman
The voice went on: "Olivier, as you know, was quixotic, and would not permit a secret service and spies."
Chesterton, Gilbert K. -- The Innocence Of Father Brown
The pilgrims read "Nomadic Life" and keep themselves in a constant state of Quixotic heroism.
Twain, Mark -- The Innocents Abroad
I only think you're too quixotic.
Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville -- The Man Upstairs and Other Stories
Well, my quixotic one, you shall tell me anything—say, as soon as we are settled in our lodging; not now.
Hardy, Thomas -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman
To me your uncle seems merely quixotic and egregiously selfish.
Oppenheim, E. Phillips -- The Vanished Messenger
But he was not quixotic.
Conrad, Joseph -- The Secret Agent
I realized that I had not been objective in my quixotic fight to save the clubs.
Richard Wright -- Black Boy
It seems quixotic today, with jet airplanes and overdoses of Nembutal, that a man would go through a war for something so insignificant as his state.
Harper Lee -- Go Set a Watchman
You must not give up all that for a quixotic life in a wilderness.
Zane Grey -- The Light of Western Stars
"Well, you are always heroic and transcendental," said Mr. Shelby, "but I think you had better think before you undertake such a piece of Quixotism."
Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin

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