Sentence examples for less than exemplary from inspiring English sources
The phrase "less than exemplary" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe something that does not meet a high standard or is below what is considered ideal. Example: "The team's performance this quarter was less than exemplary, leading to a review of our strategies."
The results have been less than exemplary.
Even people who have led less than exemplary lives can be heroic in a particular moment.
Student nurses/midwives evidence less than exemplary lifestyle habits and poor emotional health, despite exposure to health education/promotion during their educational preparation.
It is not surprising that in that time the police and successive Attorneys General may have shown less than exemplary zeal in holding newspapers to account.
Although "The Bright Stream" — with its dancing farmers and deliberately anti-elitist music — was a hit in Leningrad and Moscow, that celebrated aesthete Joseph Stalin found it less than exemplary.
A royal spokesman then described his behaviour as "less than exemplary", his profile was removed from the royal website and his figure in Madrid's waxwork museum was shifted from the royalty tableau.
Others with his record of making off-color remarks and less-than-exemplary news would never have been made a studio star, or lasted this long.
In "American Buffalo," "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "Oleanna" (which received a less-than-exemplary Broadway production this season), the dialogue is fueled by the desperation of the characters.
Many party members or their close family members often violate rules by engaging in business or having less-than-exemplary personal lives — but are expected to keep it under wraps.
A theatrical moment occurred before the meeting, when a watchdog group dressed up as "the Google Track Team" to protest what it viewed as the company's less-than-exemplary privacy policies.
