Blue-skies

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unrealistic or impractical. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of no immediate practical application. not-comparable

    "blue-skies research"

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theoretical

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"These options can be presented either as 'blue skies', i.e. no constraints are imposed by the existing systems, or as 'pragmatic reality', i.e. building on the existing systems. It is better to take a blue skies approach to strategic information […]"

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