The phrase "achieved modest" is not correct in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and lacks clarity in meaning.
Example: "The project achieved modest success, which was a positive outcome given the circumstances."
Alternatives: "attained moderate" or "reached slight".
Shriver has published six previous novels which achieved modest sales and garnered scant attention.
Cuban efforts to promote private enterprises and expand private employment had achieved modest if uneven success.
Both models achieved modest results regarding immunization coverage and prenatal care, though contracting in performed slightly better.
Despite international sanctions, the economy achieved modest annual growth in the first years after Mr. Kim took power, peaking in 2016.
Sure enough, Hamdan is undoubtedly being touted as a crossover star in Britain and elsewhere (she's already achieved modest success in France and the US).
A critical disaster, it only achieved modest commercial success, thanks to lacklustre tunes, second-rung casting and an inordinate running time.
THE moves on both sides of the Atlantic helped stock funds achieve modest fourth-quarter gains.
Monotherapy with single cytotoxic drugs achieves modest objective response rates, seldom reaching 30%.
Before opening Maxwell's Plum, Mr. LeRoy dabbled in the arts, achieving modest renown as a producer, writer and director.
They highlight the complexity of providing humanitarian assistance in a thoroughly unsettled political climate which requires negotiations among literally warring parties in order to achieve modest ends.
While we recognize that capitation can achieve modest savings in the short run, we believe that it is not the right solution.
