less than stellar
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative form of less-than-stellar, especially in a predicative position as opposed to an attributive position.
Example Sentences
- "Friday night’s performance was less than stellar."
- "Some years ago there were hundreds of musicians of ability, but of less stellar renown, who toured the country, giving performances at less than stellar fees."
- "Yet the economic seers are at it again, seemingly unabashed by their somewhat less than stellar performances in 1969."
- "Where a bank may automatically reject any borrower based on a bad credit score, this is not true for all social lending networks. You can still have a less than stellar score and obtain funding as long as you can convince a peer tha your project is worthy or your business model is strong."