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no mean feat

no mean feat noun: a laudable triumph of great difficulty.

Noun

no mean feat (countable and uncountable, plural no mean feats)

  1. A laudable triumph of great difficulty
    • The older me, the one who prefers wine to fizz, wishes Leerhsen had more to say about things like: a) the elite and vernacular food worlds pre- and post-Bourdain; b) how Bourdain walked a moral tightrope across the conventions of travel writing and reporting, no mean feat for a wealthy white man in...2022 October 3, Dwitght Garner, “Anthony Bourdain’s New Biography: Light on Subtlety, Heavy on Grit”, in The New York Times
    • Opening a new railway is no mean feat at the best of times, but the Elizabeth Line had its own challenges.2023 October 4, Richard Foster, “New operator enters at number one”, in RAIL, number 993, page 33
    Synonyms:
    no small feat

Synonyms of no mean feat

Forms of no mean feat

pluralno mean feats

Questions about no mean feat

What does no mean feat mean?
No mean feat means a laudable triumph of great difficulty.
What part of speech is no mean feat?
No mean feat is a noun.
What is the plural of no mean feat?
The plural of no mean feat is no mean feats.

Words near no mean feat in the dictionary

  1. no matter how thin you slice it, it's still boloney
  2. no matter how you slice it, it's still the same old baloney
  3. no matter that
  4. no matter what
  5. no me gusta
  6. no mean feat
  7. no mean feats
  8. no means no
  9. no mill, no meal
  10. no money, no honey
  11. no more

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