Let alone a less-than-stellar start to her career.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Killing Hour]

Even on the less-than-stellar resolution on the Frigo bar set.    From Wordnik.com.  [In a Strange City]

But it sure looks like star pay for a less-than-stellar performer.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Real Lump Of Coal] Reference

GRACE: What do you mean by that, "less-than-stellar investigation"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2006] Reference

The announcement comes after the less-than-stellar IPO of Daniel Och.    From Wordnik.com.  [LBO New Wave:] Reference

And yet, amidst the perhaps less-than-stellar art, still discussion reigned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jodi Lampert: Burning Man 2008 "American Dream"] Reference

I went on to describe in detail the exchange and my less-than-stellar behavior.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stacie Krajchir: How Fed Ex HIgh Jacked My Feminism And Delivered My Vote To Obama] Reference

Stocks Inch Up The stock market edged ahead despite the less-than-stellar economic data.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flat Horizon] Reference

It also renewed my sometimes less-than-stellar attitude toward school which bored me silly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Susan Corso: Back to School and Conscious Routine] Reference

Players with less-than-stellar postseason résumés may see little or no action in the early rounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clutch Pitching] Reference

ELIZABETH ARNOLD: Alaskans are well aware of their less-than-stellar reputation when it comes to oil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alaska Debates Its Dependency on Oil Industry] Reference

ACT officials say a more diverse test-taking population partly explains the less-than-stellar results.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scores Stagnate at High Schools] Reference

Perhaps she's trying to redeem her online cred after her less-than-stellar showing during the campaign.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Digest: On Split CTOs, Search Strategies, and Stickiness] Reference

To end up as an REO is typically viewed as a less-than-stellar outcome for homes that face foreclosure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Number of Bank-Owned Homes in New York Rising] Reference

Some of the low-flow models we tested for our latest report on toilets were less-than-stellar performers.    From Wordnik.com.  [2010 International Builders' Show Product Preview: Kohler Archer One-Piece Toilet] Reference

Tiffany lowered its forecast and luxury bellwethers Nordstrom and Saks reported less-than-stellar results.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luxury Firms' Shares Join] Reference

After his less-than-stellar performance at the antitrust trial, Gates has finally learned how to work a room.    From Wordnik.com.  [How To Be A Player] Reference

Like junk-bond funds, bank-loan funds involve borrowings by companies with less-than-stellar credit prospects.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Search of Bond Bargains] Reference

Also, even loans backed by assets can be difficult to get for companies with less-than-stellar credit ratings.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Cope With the Credit Crunch] Reference

Banks would start making loans that they wouldn't otherwise make today, such as to borrowers with less-than-stellar credit.    From Wordnik.com.  [What if Uncle Sam Takes Over Your Bank?] Reference

Fiat reliabilityFor those Americans who recall when Fiat cars were sold here, the brand made a less-than-stellar impression.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chrysler and Fiat reliability – Merger of equals?] Reference

The Mystics are certainly glad to have some forward momentum as an organization after 12 years of less-than-stellar results.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mystics ready for playoff opener] Reference

Subjecting their products to this kind of tough duty could help bolster their less-than-stellar reputation for reliability.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rally cry for a taxi revolution] Reference

And that's also why it's possible that a less-than-stellar Brendan Fraser movie could potentially rule the land next weekend.    From Wordnik.com.  [Weekend box office: 'Dragon' wins. Really.] Reference

But what of the conceit that a Super Bowl or an inauguration can somehow be ruined by a less-than-stellar musical performance?.    From Wordnik.com.  [That Synching Feeling] Reference

Wishing to hide this less-than-stellar upholding of the Geneva Convention, they happily welcomed Red Cross aid packages for POWs.    From Wordnik.com.  [War-opoly: How History's Most Popular Board Game Helped Defend The Free World] Reference

So too does Alan Iverson, another less-than-stellar character off the court who seems well on his way to an MVP season in the NBA.    From Wordnik.com.  [So Much For Role Models] Reference

A referral from someone who isn't in good standing in the field or who has a less-than-stellar reputation can harm your job search.    From Wordnik.com.  [Strangers Lend a Hand to Job Seekers] Reference

It's true that AM's numbers are less-than-stellar, despite the hard work of a lot of talented rank-and-file people behind the scenes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chez Pazienza: How to Lose a Job in 13 Days?] Reference

It also runs only on the AT&T network, which has a less-than-stellar rank in our Ratings of wireless carriers (available to subscribers).    From Wordnik.com.  [Mediocrity, thy name is Nuvifone] Reference

Or, in Plaid's camp, we can stay mired in good guy/bad guy thinking that protects us against embrace of our own less-than-stellar behavior.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Cara Barker: Does Forgive Mean Forget? How to Get Over What Is Tearing You Apart] Reference

That the Democratic front-runners are a less-than-stellar group of candidates, and that none of them are the "slam dunk" we wish they were?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Do We Vote For This Time Around? A Letter from Michael Moore] Reference

Upon hearing the question, Wolff, who has faced criticism for the administration's less-than-stellar relationship with Congress, simply burst out laughing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Oval: Changing the Subject?] Reference

And now we're seeing a little bit of it here, from Volvo (ironically now owned by an auto giant in China, which has a less-than-stellar auto safety record).    From Wordnik.com.  [Volvo's Self-Stopping Car] Reference

The mechanical rear-mounted dial-type thermostat on that EdenPure 1000 model likely contributed to its wide temperature swings and less-than-stellar performance.    From Wordnik.com.  [EdenPure Gen 3 Model 1000 space heater improves on an earlier model but isn't heating paradise in a box] Reference

On the other hand, Toyota has had a couple stumbles in the past couple of years, with modest less-than-stellar test scores and reliability reports on some models.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toyota now best-selling automaker in the world] Reference

Others say the less-than-stellar performance of the group as a whole isn't so much a condemnation of the 130/30 idea itself as it is of some of the managers running them.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Hot Fund Design Turns Cold] Reference