A less outstanding human being.
"Modern Family," which endured a second consecutive season of being less than outstanding, still nabbed Outstanding Comedy Series (and could, sadly, win), but previous nominees Sofia Vergara, Eric Stonestreet and Ed O'Neill were shut out.
Any school that was less than outstanding would be hereafter deemed to be coasting or failing.
But 44-year-old Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the feared Isis terror organisation, was less than outstanding in his youth, according to information unearthed by researchers in Germany.
New worries surfaced about China, a potential government shutdown, troubles in Europe, and some less than outstanding U.S. economic data.
Indeed, his "More Perfect Union" speech delivered in response to the Rev. Wright controversy and his comments following the George Zimmerman acquittal were nothing less than outstanding.
At the same time, these agencies were found to be losing some of their most talented employees because of government pay systems geared less to outstanding performance than to longevity in service.
Many students of science and engineering--even graduates of METU, where the language of instruction is English--bring less-than-outstanding English skills, Tanyildiz says.
Answering this question is a bit of a tightrope walk: While you don't want to be too honest ("I have a really hard time staying motivated"), you won't fool anyone by trying to spin an obviously good quality into a weakness ("I just can't bear to do less-than-outstanding work!").
Mr. Bok, who owns a house and farm in the area but lives during the week in New York, bought the inn for less than the outstanding debt in 1998, more to keep it open than as a business decision.
