Laputan

La·pu·tan

adjective

Absurdly impractical or visionary, especially to the neglect of more useful activity.

Origin of Laputan

After the flying island of Laputa in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, where absurd projects are pursued and useful pursuits neglected

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La·pu′tan
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But in the most Quixotic of his schemes, and the most Laputan of his theories, his pure and chivalrous nature, his marvellous insight into the heart of things and men, and his..

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