The phrase "a less distinguished" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing the level of distinction or recognition of one person or thing to another, indicating that it is not as notable or esteemed.
Example: "While both authors have made significant contributions to literature, one is a less distinguished figure in the academic community."
Alternatives: "a more obscure" or "a lesser-known".
The 17th century was a less distinguished age for literature in Scots.
The Smithsonian will give the Quys a replacement fee so they can they can acquire, and fix up, another Stearman with a less distinguished heritage.
Lennon, that superb writer and journalist, made a glorious film, The Rocky Road to Dublin, which was worth a dozen movies in the CV of a less distinguished man.
That is also why I went to a rehearsal for a production of the 1951 musical "Flahooley," a less distinguished achievement than "Finian" but one in which Harburg was also verbal master of ceremonies.
It is perhaps why many Labour MPs backed Mr Stewart against his nearest rival, Julian Lewis, a less distinguished Tory MP.This is not all Mr Stewart's election is interesting for.
Derisively, you could say that black jersey dresses bunched at the bosom with roses resembled those of Sonia Rykiel, that tight fanny skirts in glossy, puckered satin will be next season's down-market trend, and that if these clothes appeared under the name of a less distinguished house, nobody would pay attention.
CONCERTS IN TOWN INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD INSTITUTE AND FESTIVAL July 23 at 8 30: The final week of the pianist Jerome Rose's annual series begins with a recital by Philippe Entremont, who won widespread renown for his recordings in the nineteen-fifties and sixties only to move on to a somewhat less distinguished career as a conductor.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet CONCERTS IN TOWN INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD INSTITUTE AND FESTIVAL July 23 at 8 30: The final week of the pianist Jerome Rose's annual series begins with a recital by Philippe Entremont, who won widespread renown for his recordings in the nineteen-fifties and sixties only to move on to a somewhat less distinguished career as a conductor.
Rembrandt's "notions of the delicate forms of women would have frightened an arctic bear", snarked a much less distinguished painter, Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846).
Only glancingly do the programmes touch on the grubbier motives that have been at least as important as Russia's post-imperial resentments.In style and approach, the contrast could hardly be greater between Ms Percy's series and "Khodorkovsky", a feature-length documentary by Cyril Tuschi, a much less distinguished German film-maker.
After all, as a Labor Party leader, he lost election after election — including a parliamentary vote for the presidency in 2000 to a far less distinguished Likud politician, Moshe Katsav.
