How to Use no mean in a Sentence

no mean

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  • In that world, there were no mean kids to yank my hair or push me and the other children around.
    Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • To be one of the defining voices of an entire genre of music is no mean feat.
    Todd Longwell, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Nonetheless, taking the small island would be no mean feat, Galgano said.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
  • But recreating the exact, crunchy character of the rave music was no mean feat, either.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Pecola is perfectly portrayed by Kiya Green, an actress who plays a young girl with aplomb—no mean feat.
    Doni Wilson, Houston Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Doing a little napkin math here, sending the King of Monsters into space would be no mean feat.
    Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Making the choreography work was no mean feat, so Brazil’s seventh place was remarkable under the circumstances.
    Andrew Rice, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Keeping spirits up among the American troops during World War II was indeed no mean feat.
    Diana Hubbell, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025
  • For all their sophistication—transforming a poisonous root and its leaves into a whole range of delicacies is no mean feat—for years such dishes were seen by the city’s elite as the food of poverty.
    Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • David West raised four kids in Los Angeles working as a Hollywood cinematographer — no mean feat in such a pricey city.
    Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Though planetary collisions are probably quite common, seeing them in distant planetary systems is no mean feat, requiring a lot of patience and a huge amount of good fortune.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Europe is a large and diverse place, so creating a visual identity that can represent an entire continent is no mean feat, but Loro Piana have done that well for the past four Ryder Cups (plus this year’s edition).
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • View gallery - 6 images The global marine industry has been trying to reduce emissions from shipping for years, and making a dent in the 2%-3% of global CO2 emissions from moving 90% of the world's cargo would be no mean feat.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 28 June 2026

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