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serviceable

[sur-vuh-suh-buhl] / ˈsɜr və sə bəl /


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It presents the facts on which we can build a serviceable picture of what happened, of right and wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal

It never feels like Brooks has a grasp on the material, which careens aimlessly through Ella’s harried day-to-day in a handsomely bland, serviceable style.

From Los Angeles Times

The lyrics, which are serviceable but unremarkable—“Oh, I need you, yes, it’s true / I wouldn’t be anywhere without you” is a representative couplet—don’t offset the sleepiness.

From The Wall Street Journal

None of this is to suggest that this six-part “Maigret” is anything less than a perfectly serviceable Sunday-night crime series, even a worthy entry among presentations of the venerable “Masterpiece Mystery!”

From The Wall Street Journal

Johansson’s direction is serviceable if unremarkable, and one has to wonder why this particular script spoke to her.

From Los Angeles Times