"Commendable effort" means that someone's actions or work have been recognized as deserving praise and admiration because they have put in a lot of hard work, dedication, and determination to achieve a goal or complete a task. Full definition
From the above description, Soul Food may sound like a drag, but director George Tillman Jr.'s script is as warm and funny as it is dramatic and emotionally involving, with fully - fleshed characters brought to life by the strong ensemble acting; to single any single actor out is to discount the equally commendable efforts by everyone else. (themoviereport.com)
Poland has made commendable efforts to develop a solid energy policy framework over the last years. (webstore.iea.org)
Readers can concentrate on the main, and mostly dependable, story line and simply pass over the halfhearted gratuitous editorializing that mars an otherwise commendable effort. (firstthings.com)