Sentence examples for lacking pragmatism from inspiring English sources

Brown's a self-described bold progressive, but not one lacking pragmatism or common sense.

Schulz, a center-left German politician, previously criticized Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for isolating his allies and lacking pragmatism in an interview with The Guardian last week.

Conservatives accuse moderates of being Republicans in name only, while moderates say their conservative counterparts lack pragmatism.

Given the difficulty of the project, the occupation policies were markedly lacking in pragmatism.

In the estimation of much of the British media, this is a contest – the first round of voting takes place today – characterised by populism and demagogy, dangerously lacking in pragmatism, and in which 30% of the vote threatens to fall to extremists.

Brilliant though he was as a theorist, Turing lacked the pragmatism and political guile that proved indispensable to von Neumann.

But after such a rarefied and isolated upbringing, Ms. Sterne felt that she lacked the pragmatism and confidence to pursue a professional career.

Still, what Stella's mother lacked in pragmatism she made up for in brass and twinkle: bust like a fortress; agenda hewn from coral lipstick and corrugated steel; tongue that could tenderise a side of beef.

But these services clearly lack the pragmatism of Yahoo!

Will and pragmatism are lacking.

"My take on the revolution is that it was filled with naïveté, hopeless idealism (that even I initially subscribed to) and revolutionary zeal that led to stupid mistakes and lack of focus and lack of pragmatism leading to the terrible takeover by medieval Islamists, an economy in a death spiral and a lawless anarchy.