1. some kind of - Adverb
2. some kind of - Determiner
a mediocre; a bare minimum; (denoting that something only barely fits a certain category, or is very mediocre in it)
A remarkable.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see some, kind, of.
some kind of (not comparable)
Used as an intensifier of adjectives: remarkably
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Frank Zappa
You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact. Harry Dean Stanton
People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn't see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one. Marilyn Monroe
I'm tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other reason than that I value, exercise, and defend my rights under the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution. L. Neil Smith
I never expected I would be connected to the Alpha male as some kind of ancillary object, and to this day it mystifies me. Courtney Love
No matter how hidden a force is, it will attract some kind of resistance. Native American Proverb