less-than-stellar
/ˈlɛs ðən ˈstɛl.ɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.75 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Some years ago there were hundreds of musicians of ability, but of less stellar renown, who toured the country, giving performances at less than stellar fees."
- "Yet the economic seers are at it again, seemingly unabashed by their somewhat less than stellar performances in 1969."
- "Where a bank may automatically reject any borrower based on a bad credit score, this is not true for all social lending networks. You can still have a less than stellar score and obtain funding as long as you can convince a peer tha your project is worthy or your business model is strong."
- "The Jacksons' less-than-stellar sales led to less-than-stellar bookings, then the less-than-stellar bookings led to no bookings."
- "Instead of discussing how to attract top candidates, states and PACE [the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe] blame each other for being responsible for electing less-than-stellar judges. […] At the same time, less-than-stellar candidates will get the message that they indeed have a chance. In other words, top candidates will not apply as the PACE is unpredictable and unprincipled, whereas less-than-stellar candidates will apply precisely because the PACE is unpredictable and unprincipled."
- "In effect, risk-based pricing creates a penalty for those in the mortgage market with less wealth and less-than-stellar credit. Other estimates on the interest-rate premiums that borrowers with less-than-stellar credit would face exceed the conservative estimates presented in figure 5.3."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɛs ðən ˈstɛl.ɚ/
- British English: /ˈlɛs ðən ˈstɛ.lə/