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Mediocre

Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary.

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Bad 84% connected

Bade.

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Bad 84% connected

Bade.

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Inferior 84% connected

Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.

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Inferior 84% connected

Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ordinary 84% connected

According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.

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Ordinary 84% connected

According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.

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Mediocrity 74% connected

The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a moderate degree or rate.

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Mediocrity 74% connected

The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a moderate degree or rate.

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Synonym 4

Average 92% connected

That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fair 92% connected

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Middling 92% connected

Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Second-rate 92% connected

Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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