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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost popular" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something or someone that is close to being popular but not quite there yet.
Example: "The new café in town is almost popular, attracting a steady stream of customers but not yet a full house."
Alternatives: "nearly popular" or "close to popular."
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After putting down a rebellion in Ireland, he was, for a time, almost popular.
"Sean's name was always floating around in connection with starting the fire, and that's what made him known around campus and almost popular," said Carly Fadako, 21, a senior from Philadelphia, in an interview in a deli near campus.
I know it may seem far... but it's hard to go from almost popular to popular.. believe me I know.
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Unlike the art world where almost anything goes, most popular fiction is not known for innovation.
Vine's most popular user almost ditched the service before he ever really got started.
The leader is almost always the most popular one.
Two years after reading Dana Spiotta's "Stone Arabia," I'm still annoyed that I will never get to discover the music of the rock savant Nik Worth, who (in the novel) once fronted an almost-popular power-pop band called the Fakes and later created a homemade 20-volume album series called "The Ontology of Worth," which would almost certainly be world-famous if only anyone had ever heard it.
He has almost no popular following.
Almost as popular as these options was law school.
The government, corrupt and ineffective, lacks almost any popular support.
A tortured British designer proves almost as popular as King Tut.
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