Middling
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Initially became known as the sweet contrast to Simon's sour attitude, being the most willing to stick her neck out for middling or poor acts, to the point that her endorsement became seen as more of the Hufflepuff House of judgments.
Source: Series / American Idol - Now, certainly, many of them are poor to middling in quality, and this is to be expected.
Source: One-Episode Wonder -
A string of middling albums, a reduced public profile, a change of labels and poor sales followed.
Source: Career Resurrection
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