Sentence examples for is less than pristine from inspiring English sources

Its whiteness is less than pristine; there are already scuff marks along the base.

He wants them to speak up for what they believe — whether it is cleaner government or cheaper public transportation — even if it leaves the Brazilian World Cup with a legacy that is less than pristine.

Oysters were less than pristine on two visits.

The chief executive of one of the big grocers is privately warning that shoppers are going to have to get used to stores that are less than pristine.

Whether it has been Hollywood poking fun at the sport and its nefarious characters or real-life investigations over the years into fixed races, crooked jockeys and the rise of drug usage, racing's image has always been less than pristine.

The third is the market for risky bonds bonds that have been issued by debtors who are less than pristine in terms of their long-term ability to pay the interest and the principal.

Still, the reputation of AI, in the business world at least, was less than pristine.

At the Fermi level, the conductivity of graphane is less than that of pristine graphene.

The friction coefficient of pristine graphene is less than that of disordered graphene, which is treated by oxygen plasma.

It has sweeping vistas of a pristine countryside that seems remote, even though it is less than an hour's drive from Williamsport, Pa.

This is less than one minute into our film – 'Lego: Everything is not awesome', and the pristine Arctic landscape has vanished.