middling

Mediocre is a word that is often used to describe something that is neither good nor bad. It's in the middle, and it's not very good or bad.

  • The movie was mediocre, but I still enjoyed it.

  • The test was mediocre, but it was still better than some of the other tests that I've taken.

Definition of middling

adverb

to certain extent or degree

Synonyms:

fairly, jolly, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat

adjective

lacking exceptional quality or ability

Synonyms:

average, fair, mediocre

noun

any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)

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Example Sentences for middling

  • 1

    In middle clipping or syncope, the middle of the word is retained.

  • 2

    This was the middle of the winter.

  • 3

    But it dissipated in the middle of the Atlantic.

  • 4

    But the hole in the middle is inconspicuous.

  • 5

    It looks incongruous in the middle.

  • 6

    Look at the middle of the clock.

  • 7

    I like to be in the middle.

  • 8

    I was in the middle of peregrination.

  • 9

    He was in the middle of answering.

  • 10

    He was in the middle of inebriety.