no mean
idiom
informal
—used to say that something is good or impressive
a tennis player of no mean ability
Getting the project done on time will be no mean feat.
Examples of no mean in a Sentence
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In Norway, the show launched earlier this month, and its first episode has now consolidated to over a million views, according to producers — no mean feat in a country of just over five million people.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2025
And that's no mean feat coming from a beauty journalist that tests makeup for a living.
—Denise Primbet, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2024
This is no mean feat in an era when most digital media and, crucially, the act of interfacing with it, feels defined by a kind of anxiety and restlessness.
—Lewis Gordon, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
To play so many contradictions in what is ostensibly a rollicking action film is no mean achievement.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
Repairing subsea cables is no mean feat, according to Andy Champagne, senior vice president and chief technology officer of Akamai Labs.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2024
Given the numbers in play here, that’s no mean feat.
—Jason Barlow, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
That will prove to be no mean feat when her arc begins on the long-running drama in the Thursday, Oct. 3, episode: Dangerous complications have arisen from a routine surgery performed at a hospital other than Grey Sloan.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 9 Sep. 2024
Ensuring every backdrop and location is different is no mean feat, but these islands have diversity in spades.
—Martha Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2024
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2025
And that's no mean feat coming from a beauty journalist that tests makeup for a living.
—Denise Primbet, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2024
This is no mean feat in an era when most digital media and, crucially, the act of interfacing with it, feels defined by a kind of anxiety and restlessness.
—Lewis Gordon, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
To play so many contradictions in what is ostensibly a rollicking action film is no mean achievement.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
Repairing subsea cables is no mean feat, according to Andy Champagne, senior vice president and chief technology officer of Akamai Labs.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2024
Given the numbers in play here, that’s no mean feat.
—Jason Barlow, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
That will prove to be no mean feat when her arc begins on the long-running drama in the Thursday, Oct. 3, episode: Dangerous complications have arisen from a routine surgery performed at a hospital other than Grey Sloan.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 9 Sep. 2024
Ensuring every backdrop and location is different is no mean feat, but these islands have diversity in spades.
—Martha Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2024
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“No mean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20mean. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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