no mean achievement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofno,meanandachievement
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no
noun[C]
uk/nəʊ/us/noʊ/
a negative answer ...
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mean
adjective
uk/miːn/us/miːn/
mainly UK
not willing to give or share things, ...
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achievement
noun[C or U]
uk/əˈtʃiːv.mənt/us/əˈtʃiːv.mənt/
something very good and difficult that you have succeeded ...
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(Definition ofno,meanandachievementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is nomeanachievement.
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To cut £1.7 billion off the expenditure total was nomeanachievement.
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One couple had saved a substantial deposit— nomeanachievementin these days.
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That is nomeanachievementin a comparatively short time, and it bodes well for the future.
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It is a not inconsiderable list of orders dating back to the mid-nineteenth century—nomeanachievement.
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That is nomeanachievementin the mining industry.
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In the circumstances of this deployment, that is nomeanachievement.
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It is nomeanachievementto have got so far in their first six months, and to report within the next four.
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That is nomeanachievementand ought to be recognised.
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Bearing in mind the industrial and economic legacy of the past two centuries, that is nomeanachievement.
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That amounts to an improvement of one-third—nomeanachievement.
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To bring that legislation into some order is nomeanachievementand is of great assistance to all concerned.
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I should like to say a few words on it, because it is an illustration of nomeanachievementby this particular industry.
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I venture to think that this is nomeanachievement.
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To have drafted scales which are better than the scales of 184 out of the 200 authorities is nomeanachievement.
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That is nomeanachievementwhen seen against the background of five difficult years for the economy as a whole.
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This is nomeanachievement, and we should not ignore it.
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The ability effectively to treat members of the public with back pain will be nomeanachievement.
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It was nomeanachievementin terms of the preparatory work carried out within the timetable set.
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