faint praise

Frequency: 5.54.1 per million words

often used in the phrase 'damning with faint praise', meaning praise so little that you seem to be criticizing

praiseADJECTIVE + NOUN

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faint

Examples (10)

  • My comment sounds like damning with faint praise.
  • The critic damned the movie with faint praise by calling it 'watchable'.
  • She offered only faint praise for the new design.
  • His boss gave him faint praise, saying the work was merely acceptable.
  • It is better to say nothing than to offer faint praise.
  • The report damned the government's policy with faint praise.
  • I sensed some faint praise in her otherwise neutral feedback.
  • He resented the faint praise more than he would have resented criticism.
  • The article was an exercise in damning with faint praise.
  • Despite the faint praise, she continued to work hard.