The phrase "far from outstanding" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when expressing a negative opinion about someone or something's performance, especially if it falls far short of expectations. For example: "The student's performance on the test was far from outstanding."
The performances of the five leading roles were far from outstanding, but the choreography, with its dazzling imagery of destiny and continuity, remained enthralling.
In contrast, smaller towns and less populated areas across the UK often do not have enough secondary schools to create a genuinely competitive environment, meaning that parents are simply choosing between two or three decent, but far from outstanding, schools.
Yes, the murder was brutal, and the victim was a pretty young woman, but that alone was far from outstanding.
The schools becoming academies were far from random ("outstanding" institutions enjoyed special freedoms to convert; failing schools were sometimes forced), so the department proposed, and identified funds for, a systematic evaluation.
While far from producing outstanding results when tested against small observation windows, they have increased accuracy when considering longer observation windows, for example, by asking whether a certain country would experience an instability event within the next 5 years rather than in 2 years from now.
Overall, Edge considered Final Fantasy VIII to be "yet another outstanding edition of SquareSoft's far-from-final fantasies", summarizing it as "aesthetically astonishing, rarely less than compelling, and near peerless in scope and execution".
Over to Netflix, where the week's new additions include one outstanding under-the-radar documentary and a far-from-underexposed perennial that is nonetheless welcome.
However, this model is far from being complete and several outstanding questions remain unanswered, including the identification of the enzymes that oxidize sulfur and sulfite.
By switching Bale, his side's outstanding talent by far, from a central position to the right wing, the coach gave his team decisive width.
If you do not want to stray far from the beach, La Grande Plage has outstanding views overlooking Kampen's Weststrand (West Beach) and is the go-to place for a quick meal throughout the day, offering anything from spaghetti to fried herring.
Two works benefited from outstanding soloists.
