The phrase "a modest top" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a piece of clothing that is simple, understated, or not overly extravagant.
Example: "She wore a modest top that complemented her jeans perfectly for the casual outing."
Alternatives: "a simple blouse" or "an unassuming shirt".
Kanga, the first Wally Ace, a new 26-meter pocket-superyacht design, is powered by a low-noise, low-vibration, low-consumption propulsion system that yields a modest top speed of 12 knots — but can cruise 5,000 nautical miles, or more than 9,200 kilometers, on a single 14,000-liter tankful of diesel.
The Traction Avant was not built to a radical spec sheet: targets were set for a modest top speed of 100kph (62mph), and 10 litres of fuel consumed for every 100km travelled.
Women could instead do away with the head covering, and wear a pair of plain black trousers and a modest top.
Which is not as much of a problem as one might expect, given the Baker's lofty driving position and modest top speed of 25 miles an hour.
The engine generated 20 horsepower and propelled the car to modest top speeds of 40 45 miles per hour (65 70 km/h).
Buttler, replacing the rested Eoin Morgan at the scene of his record-breaking 46-ball one-day international century a week ago, won the toss only for James Vince's 38 to prove England's modest top score.
The war ended before the squadron could go into action, but the RNAS had already used torpedoes dropped from Short seaplanes to sink enemy ships in the Mediterranean, and the Cuckoo, with its modest top speed of 103 miles (166 km) per hour and endurance of four hours, heralded the eventual demise of the battleship in the face of air-power dominance at sea.
The original Austin-Healey, the 100 BN1s and BN2s, were built from 1953 to 1956 and were named 100 because that was their (by today's standards) modest top speed.
The accuracy for how classification could be predicted into high- versus low risk groups was relatively modest (top value = 0.55, permuted P = 0.14).
Each partner institution received a small fund for mentor stipends, meant to provide a modest salary top-up rather than a salary.
If MCI's growth rate diminishes to single digits, WorldCom's EBITDA multiple will be halved, from 12 to 6. Six times EBITDA is a good working multiple for a communications property with modest top-line growth.The stock goes down but doesn't collapse.
