The complicated misanthropy which enabled him, his interpreters declared, to love the public and spurn humanity, did not preclude certain trifling investigation of the tenderer emotions.
That does not preclude, of course, some countries from urging him to be the candidate, and the Executive Board nominates the candidate to the general conference.
The term is used in so many contexts that it's rendered meaningless and precludes a nuanced discussion of the specific harm done and how those who did it should be held accountable.
When I agreed to be your lover, I felt quite sure that my disdain for your vulgarity and astounding lack of scruples would preclude any chance of my developing feelings for you.