The phrase "hardly race" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express that something is not a race or is not competitive, but it lacks clarity.
Example: "In this project, we hardly race against each other; instead, we collaborate to achieve our goals."
Alternatives: "barely a competition" or "not really a race."
As a portrait of the toll taken by the shift from rural to urban life in the 20th century, and of intergenerational conflict, "Bountiful" is hardly race-specific.
He hardly races again the whole season.
But he is now most indelibly linked with two races that were hardly races at all.
As one would have expected on the basis of the textbooks, the American economy, while hardly racing ahead, has fared considerably better than its British counterpart.
In Britain, M4 is hardly racing along at 4.8% year-on-year growth; exclude securitisations and it is actually down on the year.
Stately Victor was a late add to the field for his trainer Mike Maker, but he hardly raced like an afterthought as he roared by his more accomplished competition.
There was almost no chance of an on-track altercation, though, as the two hardly raced near each other for most of the night.
It also notes with approval that Iowa's rainy-day fund is the eighth-highest, in proportion to general-fund spending, in the country.Although the economy is hardly racing, it is doing well, particularly compared with other parts of the country.
Wiggins has hardly raced this year and that may be part of the problem - he's a little under-raced and although he looked okay at the Giro del Trentino, the Giro d'Italia's warm-up race, maybe looks can be deceptive.
That, of course, is just race — hardly Obama's defining characteristic (which is itself a reason for the above, but this is already too long).
It was hardly a race this time.
