Common
Fair
Fair adjective - Of average to below average quality.
Usage example: for what they charged us, the painters should have done better than a fair job of painting the house
Common is a synonym for fair in good topic. Sometimes you can use "Common" instead an adjective "Fair", if it concerns topics such as mediocre, tolerable.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Ehlonna, Chaotic Good goddess of hunters and fey creatures, has a fair bit in common with Artemis.
Source: Captain Ersatz - One time a student of Lovecraft's mistook the common notation Ibid for the name of some ancient Roman fellow—which to be fair it does sound like.
Source: Deadpan Snarker / Literature -
And a fair amount looks like it, since diamonds are one of the most common bullet types.
Source: Gemstone Assault
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