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The phrase "a less than admirable" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe something or someone that does not meet a standard of admiration or respect. Example: "His actions during the crisis were a less than admirable display of leadership."
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And if it is a less than admirable Picasso or Monet, you may be unaware that the suggested price is too high.
In the past I have urged people to put on a nose peg to vote for a less than admirable Labour government, to avoid the worst happening.
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We couldn't leaven it or move away from bad decisions or when someone operated in a less-than-admirable way.
Part of the problem is that the end of the Hawaiian monarchy and the island nation's annexation by the United States, a complex and sometimes squalid story with less-than-admirable behavior on all sides, doesn't lend itself to the sort of inspirational tearjerker Mr. Forby has created.
Artists with messy, ugly lives and less-than-admirable personalities are not as paradoxical as we sometimes think.
(All the less-than-admirable tactics cited in this article were recorded in published judicial opinions). You may find that these possible costs outweigh the likely gains.
Olivier, who also starred in the stage version, received an Academy Award nomination for his performance, which some critics said reflected the less-than-admirable aspects of his own personality.
His work as less-than-admirable characters, of course, benefited precisely because of his down-home image.
They all went into a modality that was less than admirable".
Play it too conservatively and you'll end up with an admirable surplus that you may not be able to roll over into the next year--along with a less-than-stellar CV.
Here's how it goes: if a liberal politician is caught behaving badly — enriching himself while preaching the need to help the poor, or just in general showing himself less than admirable by having an affair, visiting call girls, whatever — his career is over.
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