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Discover LudwigThe phrase "hardly someone" is correct and can be used in written English
It is typically used to convey that someone is not quite who or what they are being described as. Example: "He may seem like a serious person, but hardly someone who would turn down a dare."
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Jordan, who is hardly someone to be hemmed in.
Hamburg is hardly someone who can be painted as an industry apologist.
Morse is hardly someone who would arouse suspicion in the neighborhood.
Hardly someone to chart a new course for Labour and win the respect of Labour members and voters.
Obama is hardly someone who needs to be lectured about the value of the humanities — he's our well-read, well-written, reflective President, whose own liberal-arts education shaped him into the man he is today.
Moreover, a man who has prosecuted whistle-blowers and activists who had tried to bring the guilty to justice in Gujarat is hardly someone who is open to a debate and dialogue.
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"'Kind of Blue' is a one-shot deal, so dreamily perfect you can hardly believe someone created it".
There doesn't appear to be a vetting process – hardly something someone concerned about the wellbeing of the dogs would do.
In an earlier conference call Thursday morning, John Sununu, the former governor of New Hampshire and a supporter of Mr. Romney, tried to minimize Mr. Gingrich further, saying that a witty quip at a debate hardly qualified someone to compete against Mr. Obama in November.
Under such circumstances, it's hardly surprising someone might persist despite negative consequences associated with drug use.
Griffin dunked over Mason Plumlee three times on the way to 19 points as well as 12 rebounds and six assists, hardly resembling someone who had recently been sidelined more than three months.
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