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

Recent Examples on the Web

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

There also is evidence that Neanderthals were heating birch bark to make adhesives—no mean feat. —Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023

In his hands, Chandler felt achingly real—no mean feat in a series that relied on three main sets and broad jokes. —Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2023

However, getting the data requires sticking a recording device on a suction cup to the back of a whale—no mean feat, particularly with a reporter watching. —Longreads, 15 Sep. 2023