no mean feat
collocation in Englishmeaningsofno,meanandfeat
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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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feat
noun[C]
uk/fiːt/us/fiːt/
something difficult needing a lot of skill, strength, courage, etc. to ...
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(Definition ofno,meanandfeatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofno mean feat
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Squeezing seven sections, comprising 23 chapters, into just over 200 pages is nomeanfeat.
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As it turned out, balancing the books was nomeanfeat.
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Locating older people specifically within popular culture is nomeanfeat.
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With the number of papers published on ' novel methods for microarray data analysis ' appearing to increase exponentially, this is nomeanfeat!
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To write a history of contemporary liberal political economy in the domination frame is nomeanfeat.
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And that is nomeanfeatin a deceptively short book, which, if it bears any criticism is that it reads somewhat like a dissertation.
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As a result there are some sixty different rhymes in a poem of 150 lines, which is a high score, and nomeanfeat.
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This is nomeanfeat.
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They show how operational semantics provides a vehicle to pose this question meaningfully (nomeanfeat) and how the techniques established elsewhere help to settle the question.
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Changing political consensus into a binding agreement is nomeanfeat, technically speaking.
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This is nomeanfeat, and is also very important, because ambient air quality has a direct impact on environmental and human health.
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The privatisation of utilities, such as major airports, will be nomeanfeat.
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At the national level it has brought together older people and central and local government on a consistent basis, which was nomeanfeat.
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In these times of economic austerity, to find nearly £8 million of new money is nomeanfeat.
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Tracing the order book has been nomeanfeat, but the evidence is that orders have been diverted.
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It is obviously nomeanfeat: it is a practical tool and a reference document.
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Reaching our new education targets will be nomeanfeat.
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Her achievement in gaining a university place is nomeanfeat, given the normal background of a youngster in care.
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Given the political pressures they have been under, and continue to be under, that was nomeanfeat.
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Having to submit an amended report twice in order to gain sufficient support struck me as being nomeanfeat.
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