Sentence examples for bereft of practical from inspiring English sources

First, there were growing criticisms that the work of analytic philosophers of education had become focused upon minutiae and in the main was bereft of practical import.

By the time Moore came to write Ethics in 1912 it had simply disappeared, leaving the puzzled "individual" bereft of practical guidance.

Individually and collectively, we often fretted with Boyd on the irresponsibility of equipping our people with such foolishly complex weapons designs, so bereft of practical combat effectiveness -- and on the deep corruption of acquisition programs, such as the F-35's, that deliberately plan to buy a thousand or more units long before user testing has fully probed combat utility.

Violence in legally cynical neighbourhoods may be interpreted instead as practical, situated behavioural responses within contexts (perceived to be) bereft of legal recourse.

Bereft of genuinely juicy players.

Thus was Miletus bereft of its inhabitants.

Saddam Hussein is bereft of allies.

Generally anywhere bereft of human presence.

But that, too, is bereft of booty.

New Zealand were bereft of ideas.

Bereft of jewels and title.