Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

no mean feat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: no mean feat
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A laudable triumph of great difficulty

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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 skinny jeans; […]."
"Opening a new railway is no mean feat at the best of times, but the Elizabeth Line had its own challenges."

Usage

Inflected Forms

no mean feats (plural)

Synonyms

no small feat

Questions

What does no mean feat mean?: A laudable triumph of great difficulty

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