To state the obvious, I’m sure the expense and impracticality is what appeals to them. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Drug-Cougar Connection] Reference
It's the very "impracticality" of the humanities that makes them valuable to human beings and their societies. From Wordnik.com. [Robin Lakoff: Education: Yes, but Why?] Reference
Citing 'impracticality' and an economic downturn is questionable. From Wordnik.com. [The Online Citizen] Reference
The "impracticality" of finding survivors or bodies led to the decision, according to the statement. From Wordnik.com. [MercoPress] Reference
Better just frankly to acknowledge the university's "impracticality" and defend it on its own intrinsic merits. From Wordnik.com. [City Journal] Reference
The bishop chuckled at the impracticality of it all. From Wordnik.com. [Immortalis]
While much has been said about the impracticality of the CGE. From Wordnik.com. [African National Congress Parliamentary Caucus] Reference
“It might be explained by our inveterate impracticality.”. From Wordnik.com. [Crime and Punishment] Reference
Or do you think impracticality makes some things more beautiful?. From Wordnik.com. [Fashionistas in the rain.] Reference
It was one more evidence of their impracticality, Marged thought. From Wordnik.com. [Truly]
(The impracticality of this option was obviously the whole point.). From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Friedman to Palestinians: Suck on This] Reference
And the impracticality of any other course of action he might devise. From Wordnik.com. [Reiffeins Choice] Reference
I refused the knickers, though, on grounds of rampant impracticality. From Wordnik.com. [What I Did On Holiday « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
Bazelon acknowledges the political impracticality of these proposals. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Top Five: Jan. 11, 2007] Reference
It exposed the impracticality of strict, so-called r é sum é voting. From Wordnik.com. [That's Right, He's a Quarterback] Reference
Another aspect of its impracticality is the lack of privacy it offers. From Wordnik.com. [The Lifepod: Yurt of the Future for the Modern Nomad | Inhabitat] Reference
Unfortunately, no panelist disputed that nor questioned its impracticality. From Wordnik.com. [Michelle Rhee, celebrity, goes national] Reference
Sloan never let the impracticality of actually reading get in his way before?. From Wordnik.com. [Here comes your "national nervous breakdown."] Reference
This was an historic event because modern day technology overcame impracticality. From Wordnik.com. [Dal LaMagna: Members of U.S. Congress Conduct Live Video Conference with Members of Iraq Parliament] Reference
This bill has been sort of shredded down to almost irrelevance and impracticality. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2009] Reference
Last purchase: fishbowl print, which I think beats your jacket for impracticality. From Wordnik.com. [While I'm Thinking About Fall Fashion Magazines - A Dress A Day] Reference
Dodge's new concept motorcycle is a silly Tron fantasy of surpassing impracticality. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: July 13, 2003 - July 19, 2003 Archives] Reference
Slashing pension guarantees hurts retirees and represents a political impracticality. From Wordnik.com. [PBGC's Wise Decision on Pension Plans] Reference
If you want to see the impracticality of war, you just look at what happened with Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2008] Reference
Not to mention the bits of quaint impracticality that didn't get filtered out during R&D. From Wordnik.com. [Interesting Observations on Steampunk] Reference
I agree with tomaig with regards to the impracticality of overly restrictive ID requirements. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Sen. Daschle: REAL ID Is A Modern Day Poll Tax] Reference
Thus my quick dismissal of this account is an admission of the impracticality of charisma altogether. From Wordnik.com. [Charisma and History: The Case of Münster, Westphalia, 1534-1535. Tal Howard] Reference
The third reason for inaction is said to be the impracticality and futility of ending or suspending aid. From Wordnik.com. [Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Speaking Truth to Strangers] Reference
Even Nicole's most loyal followers realized the impracticality of her resettlement concept at that point. From Wordnik.com. [The Garden of Rama]
"Surely you are aware," I said, "that even were it not for the impracticality of escape, he would return.". From Wordnik.com. [Magicians of Gor]
The risks and impracticality of switching fuels have persuaded two big shipping groups to seek a radical solution. From Wordnik.com. [Ships Draw Fire] Reference
The impracticality of some academicians 'solutions — political impracticality — gives academicians rather a bad name. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Juanita Kreps, January 17, 1986. Interview C-0011. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
That episode shows the impracticality of companies acting alone, as they run the risk of being punished for their prudence. From Wordnik.com. [Invasion of the booty snatchers: how greed is spreading out from the City] Reference
Add in the transportation surtax, and the impracticality was monumental, but it was my only real luxury besides the house itself. From Wordnik.com. [Flash] Reference
Presented with the great Greek ideas and ideals, the boy Pompey Strabo had dismissed them as idle waffle and complete impracticality. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
Only for the powers that be to realize the impracticality of the arrangement a few years later, and put the lines back where they had been. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
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