middling
Example Sentences
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He starred in a middling revival of the musical “Promises, Promises,” and won a Tony for playing Oscar Levant in “Good Night, Oscar”—despite being flagrantly miscast, in my view.
On the right was a nondescript gentleman of middling age, height, and handsomeness.
From Literature
He rolled into Los Angeles with a reputation as a middling owner who would put a lukewarm product on the field.
From Los Angeles Times
Employers hired at a middling pace in December, closing out a year that saw the U.S. labor market cool into a “low hire, low fire” stasis.
“He’d always say, ‘Take out Berkshire’s top five investments and its returns are pretty middling,’ ” says Montgomery, a lesson to the group that success can come from just a few winning moves.
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