Sentence examples for hardly qualified from inspiring English sources

Under a Socialist administration he hardly qualified as banknote material.

That contention hardly qualified as a new line of debate.

But in other places the political changes hardly qualified as turning points.

In a district that serves some 708,000 pupils, it hardly qualified as a power grab.

His pronouncement hardly qualified as an idea; it was a slogan, crassly bolstering American triumphalism.

Though the guidance hardly qualified as good news, many investors had feared an even bleaker outlook.

It hardly qualifies as a defense.

But it hardly qualifies as commentary.

The engineers say they hardly qualify as security researchers.

That would hardly qualify as a "pioneering step".

An excellent dancer hardly qualifies as a great choreographer.