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Examples of quixotic
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Once a quixotic notion, the idea of undoing health reform has been mainstreamed.
From the theatlantic.com
More than eight years later, this small, 365-day-a-year vigil may seem quixotic.
From the abcnews.go.com
Best Airlines appears to have been one of the more quixotic of the new entrants.
From the en.wikipedia.org
His most quixotic venture is fueled by his apparent hankering to become monarch.
From the forbes.com
Crawford's book also lays out a road-map for solutions, quixotic as they may be.
From the business.time.com
When he first proposed it in 2001, Calabrese says it seemed like a quixotic plan.
From the businessweek.com
To share it with people who have no claim on it whatsoever is crazily quixotic.
From the guardian.co.uk
In a country dedicated to driving and drilling, Masdar is bold, perhaps quixotic.
From the economist.com
As for eliminating article 9, that seems quixotic, and lacking any broad support.
From the economist.com
- Not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic; "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a world state"
- (quixotically) in a quixotic manner; "sent to jail for two years, he has quixotically refused to clear himself by betraying his colleagues"
- Quixotic is the debut album by English singer-songwriter Martina Topley-Bird. The album spans several musical styles including trip-hop, electronic and rock. ...
- (Quixotically) Quixotism (or) is impracticality in pursuit of ideals, especially those ideals manifested by rash, lofty and romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action. It also serves to describe an idealism without regard to practicality. ...
- Possessing or acting with the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality; Impulsive; Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded
- (adj.) idealistic, impractical (Edward entertained a quixotic desire to fall in love at first sight in a laundromat.)
- (kwik SAH tik) adj. Caught up in the romance of noble deeds or unobtainable ideals; romantic without regard to practicality.
- (adj) - impractical; romantic idealism
- Adj.Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree
