"But Republican primary voters too often make the mistake of preferring an unattainable ideal to the best candidate who is actually running."

Beecher believed that rules requiring informed consent were not by themselves sufficient, as truly informed consent was an unattainable ideal.

This is often connected with constant comparing of a person's body to an unattainable ideal.

Perhaps it is time to redefine national interest as human interest and to make equality the norm instead of the unattainable ideal.

Rejecting the reality of everyday life, James pays the price of seeking an unattainable ideal.

But might not these ultra-athletic men simply represent the latest unattainable ideal against which men, black or white, can measure themselves and come up short?

Consequently the Gaussian theory only supplies a convenient method of approximating to reality; and no constructor would attempt to realize this unattainable ideal.

The classical order of Beaux-Arts architecture represented the unattainable ideal of a society torn apart by its progressive ambitions.

No delay from user push-to-talk until the user's voice is heard in the radio's speaker is an unattainable ideal.

The Foundation recognizes that without basic skills in community organizing and organizational development, the empowerment of marginalized individuals and communities remains an unattainable ideal.