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The phrase "almost heroic lack" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone exhibits a notable absence of something, such as courage or effort, in a way that is ironically or humorously elevated to a heroic level.
Example: "His almost heroic lack of ambition was both amusing and concerning to his friends, who were all striving for success."
Alternatives: "remarkable absence" or "notable deficiency".
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Directed by Mark Neveldine, half of the Neveldine-Taylor duo behind the Crank movies, The Vatican Tapes is distinguished by an almost heroic lack of humour.
Phil will probably wish more of the royalties from this song were his when he has to chuck a load of cash at Stevie Wonder, whose My Cherie Amour is sampled here with an almost heroic lack of creativity.
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Cities now seemed almost heroic.
[With a heroic lack of diplomacy] Denise.... she's hotter!
Is that a #pmqs record? Something almost heroic about EdM's failure at #PMQs.
In another era, that would be reason to change management; in this, it is almost heroic.
In the face of all this anxiety, her self-restraint is almost heroic.
Food stamps have played an especially useful — indeed, almost heroic — role in recent years.
That was not a good day, Waugh concedes with almost heroic understatement.
"It tells the story of William's courageous, almost heroic battle against the odds and tells what really happened".
"Somehow he's managed to accrue this almost heroic aura, but I have no time for that.
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