quixotic
/kwɪkˈsɒtɪk/adjective
उच्चारण क्विक्सॉटिक
आदर्शवादी पर अव्यावहारिक, काल्पनिक और भावुक योजनाओं वाला
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having or involving ideas or plans that are full of imagination and good intentions but are not practical
आदर्शवादी पर अव्यावहारिक, काल्पनिक और भावुक योजनाओं वाला
- His quixotic scheme to end poverty in the district with one grant failed within a year.
- a quixotic attempt to revive the dying language single-handed
- Her quixotic plan to clean the whole river herself touched many people.
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- It was a quixotic idea to run a free school without funds.
- The young reformer's quixotic crusade never got off the ground.
Synonyms idealistic impractical unrealistic
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quixotically adv.
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quix·ot·ic
⌂Word origin and word building
From Don Quixote, the hero of Cervantes's novel who fought windmills believing them to be giants.
Cervantes के उपन्यास के नायक Don Quixote से, जो पवनचक्कियों को दैत्य समझकर उनसे लड़ा था।
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Idealistic and chivalrous to an unrealistic degree.
'अव्यावहारिक हद तक आदर्शवादी और वीरतापूर्ण' के लिए यह शब्द आता है।