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If you describe a situation as a t__________ one, you mean that although it is supposed to be true or to exist in the way stated, it may not in fact be true or exist in that way.If you describe a situation as a theoretical one, you mean that although it is supposed to be true or to exist in the way stated, it may not in fact be true or exist in that way.
This is certainly a theoretical risk but in practice there is seldom a problem.
These fears are purely theoretical.
word theoretical
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adjective
A theoretical study or explanation is based on or uses the ideas and abstract principles that relate to a particular subject, rather than the practical aspects or uses of it.
...theoretical physics.
If you describe a situation as a theoretical one, you mean that although it is supposed to be true or to exist in the way stated, it may not in fact be true or exist in that way.
This is certainly a theoretical risk but in practice there is seldom a problem.
These fears are purely theoretical.
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