Voters of the middling sort don't see it that way.
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Middling
//ˈmɪdlɪŋ//
Synonyms for "middling" (83 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (41)
Adverb(5 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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14 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- посредствен adj (of intermediate or average quality)
Dutch
1 entries- middelmatig adj (of intermediate or average quality)
Galician
1 entries- medio adj (of intermediate or average quality)
Hungarian
2 entries- közepes adj (of intermediate or average quality)
- középszerű adj (of intermediate or average quality)
Latin
1 entries- mediocris adj (of intermediate or average quality)
Polish
3 entries- mierny adj (of intermediate or average quality)
- pośledni adj (of intermediate or average quality)
- pośredni adj (of intermediate or average quality)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cuibheasach adj (of intermediate or average quality)
- meadhanach adj (of intermediate or average quality)
Spanish
3 entries- medial adj (of intermediate or average quality)
- mediano adj (of intermediate or average quality)
- medio adj (of intermediate or average quality)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
English is a global language only in the sense that in order to teach it, countries all over the world are wasting their taxpayers’ money, with middling results at best.
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The movie was just middling, not great or terrible.
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She's a middling student, neither excelling nor failing.
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