middling
Of intermediate or average size, position, or quality; mediocre.
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It's so deranged, the way they defend him. He's a middling intellect, devoid of moral conviction, and of fine discernment. A towering mediocrity, if you will.
Ah we’re finally having this conversation. My (admittedly middling) OSF is barely functional since the overhaul. Looks bad too!
Thousands of brain calories spent every year, spinning Christopher Nolan's middling garbage into gold.
That's not a point I'm defending. I dislike the Democrats on a good day, but I'll vote for them any day over this fascist shit show we've got now. I held my nose and voted Hillary in 2016, and had a vague and middling…
I mostly want VJ2 tbh. Played it back then, didn't love it as much, got rid of it. NSO is perfect to revisit this stuff, or perhaps check out those games with middling reviews you skipped the first time. Like Mega Man…
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Of intermediate or average size, position, or quality; mediocre.
The football team is never the worst or best in its league; its position is always middling.
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(colloquial, regional, _, Britain) Fairly, moderately, somewhat.
St. Jerom ſeated, a middling ſized upright plate, from J. Palma, dated 1596. I think this is one of the fineſt prints by this great maſter. The drawing is admirable, and the engraving is executed with the utmoſt freedom.
“It's so deranged, the way they defend him. He's a middling intellect, devoid of moral conviction, and of fine discernment. A towering mediocrity, if you will.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ah we’re finally having this conversation. My (admittedly middling) OSF is barely functional since the overhaul. Looks bad too!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Thousands of brain calories spent every year, spinning Christopher Nolan's middling garbage into gold.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“That's not a point I'm defending. I dislike the Democrats on a good day, but I'll vote for them any day over this fascist shit show we've got now. I held my nose and voted Hillary in 2016, and had a vague and middling hope when I voted Kamala. I'll do it again in November.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I mostly want VJ2 tbh. Played it back then, didn't love it as much, got rid of it. NSO is perfect to revisit this stuff, or perhaps check out those games with middling reviews you skipped the first time. Like Mega Man Network Transmissions. Lotsa Capcom on my list.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(colloquial, regional, _, Britain) In fairly good health.
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