Was bedeutet near-effortless change ?

I found this word in a scentence. It's new to me. I just wonder:

1) what does ”near-effortless” here mean?
2) Is this modifire common?
3) do you have any other examples to you use ”near” like ”near-something”?

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Celineeeee

16 Jul 2016

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Englisch (US)

We don't use 'near-miss' like that, but we use it in a different way.
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If someone's doing archery, and they hit just outside of the middle of the target, it's a near-miss.

If someone shoots a gun, and the bullet almost hits, but misses, it's a near-miss.

If someone threw a basketball, and it slightly misses the hoop, it's a near-miss
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Technically, it should be 'near-hit', but somehow it became 'near-miss'

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Buster

15 Jul 2016

Englisch (US)

Very low level of effort required. Yes, you see this sometimes in other ways, for example, a near-miss (almost an accident) or near-worthless, which means of little value. It is not common, but neither is it unusual.

Celineeeee

15 Jul 2016

Englisch (US)

ほとんど努力のないへんか

near-something is like
'almost something'
ほとんど[形容詞]

I wouldn't say it's extremely common, but I've seen it a few times, and it is used in English

ritzz

16 Jul 2016

Japanisch

@Texan1: @Celineeeee: Thank you for your explanations. I see we can use it as ”almost”.

fyi

Sometimes, we can use ”ニアミス” in Japanese, which might originally come from ”near-miss”. It is usuall? used to say when someone was almost close to a person who shouldn't meet with. We can say it was ”ニアミス”.