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  • adjective Not ideal

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Examples

  • Each year we were mildly disappointed with the condition of the grapes -- they were growing the plants for wood, not for grapes, so they were nonideal for wine.

    Meeting the Winemakers 2008

  • Each year we were mildly disappointed with the condition of the grapes -- they were growing the plants for wood, not for grapes, so they were nonideal for wine.

    A couple's adventure with Melon 2008

  • It is a way to make the best of a nonideal situation, which is that the orchestra lacks a permanent home.

    NYT > Home Page By ZACHARY WOOLFE 2011

  • The cross, she said, is the symbol of the sacrifice of the ideal to the nonideal. ...

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Other solutions adapt a classic nonideal RF transceiver architecture which compromises performance, increases complexity, and consumes significantly more power.

    Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox 2010

  • Other solutions adapt a classic nonideal RF transceiver architecture which compromises performance, increases complexity, and consumes significantly more power.

    Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox 2010

  • Because of the subjective nature of value and the impossibility of interpersonal utility comparisons, the social-cost and social-benefit curves used to define the nonideal nature of externalities simply do not exist.

    Information Liberation 2010

  • The model can also incorporate nonideal behavior, such as sampling jitter and operational-amplifier noise.

    Engineering Hardware-Software 2010

  • Other solutions adapt a classic nonideal RF transceiver architecture which compromises performance, increases complexity, and consumes significantly more power.

    Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox 2010

  • Other solutions adapt a classic nonideal RF transceiver architecture which compromises performance, increases complexity, and consumes significantly more power.

    Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox 2010

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