But the Japanese pickups were inexpensive, dependable and, it turned out, nearly indestructible.
Metal rollers are nearly indestructible, but nylon ones can become damaged.
They warned Richard that most multilevel-marketing outfits were nearly indestructible, like cockroaches.
The worry gets raised by Cebes who says, even if we grant that the soul is nearly indestructible, that's not good enough to get us immortality.
The planet's load of nearly indestructible plastics — more than 8 billion tons have been produced worldwide over the past six decades — continues to grow.
Billed as "nearly indestructible," it's made of 100 percent German polycarbonate and comes with a U.S.B. cord and power adapter to recharge the lock on arrival.
The name was then applied to a range of Dodges in 1960-76, including, most notably, a line of compacts that acquired a reputation for being nearly indestructible.
For half a millennium, it was happily contained between covers: easily understood by a child, disposable, nearly indestructible, demanding minimal energy, a triumph of economy and form.
His process -- a combination of vacuum pressure, heat and added sugar -- produced a dairy product that is nearly indestructible, with a shelf life of years.
But there was one key difference: instead of fragile birch bark, our canoes were made of a nearly indestructible vinyl-coated thermoplastic.
While the pollen of most plants is nearly indestructible, the pollen of orchids is typically extremely delicate, leaving no fossil record.
