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.
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Given the numbers in play here, that’s no mean feat.
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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
That’s no mean feat, considering that some 1.3 million butterfly specimens reside in the museum, including 21,000 just recently added from a private collection.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
In a city with a hospitality offering that is arguably second to none, this is no mean feat.
—Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
But producing a battery that will stand up to the task of powering an electric vehicle for years under different weather conditions and unpredictable usage patterns is no mean feat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2024
Here, Sanada fell into that work on top of his on-camera duties, but actively producing was no mean feat.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024
Aiming a laser beam across thousands of kilometers, between satellites moving at thousands of kilometers per hour in different directions, is no mean feat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2023
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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
That’s no mean feat, considering that some 1.3 million butterfly specimens reside in the museum, including 21,000 just recently added from a private collection.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
In a city with a hospitality offering that is arguably second to none, this is no mean feat.
—Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
But producing a battery that will stand up to the task of powering an electric vehicle for years under different weather conditions and unpredictable usage patterns is no mean feat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2024
Here, Sanada fell into that work on top of his on-camera duties, but actively producing was no mean feat.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024
Aiming a laser beam across thousands of kilometers, between satellites moving at thousands of kilometers per hour in different directions, is no mean feat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2023
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“No mean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20mean. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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