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Clin06 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Less-than-ringing?

Fund it a little bit hard to understand the 'less-than-ringing' in the sentence below:

Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) came closer than most in defending Obama, with a less-than-ringing endorsement.

Some easier replacing words for that?
  

Top answer

'Less than ringing' = not very strong.

  • 'Less than ringing' = not very strong.
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'Less than ringing' = not very strong.
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...an unenthusiastic endorsement

... a rather tepid endorsement

.. a lukewarm endorsement

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