Some years ago there were hundreds of musicians of ability, but of less stellar renown, who toured the country, giving performances at less than stellar fees.
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Less-than-stellar
//ˈlɛs ðən ˈstɛ.lə//
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Yet the economic seers are at it again, seemingly unabashed by their somewhat less than stellar performances in 1969.
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Where a bank may automatically reject any borrower based on a bad credit score, this is not true for all social lending networks. You can still have a less than stellar score and obtain funding as long as you can convince a peer tha your project is worthy or your business model is strong.
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The Jacksons' less-than-stellar sales led to less-than-stellar bookings, then the less-than-stellar bookings led to no bookings.
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