Middling
Middling adjective - Of average to below average quality.
Usage example: was disappointed in the renowned historian's latest book, which is only middling
Second-class is a synonym for middling. In some cases you can use "Second-class" instead an adjective "Middling".
Second-class
Second-class adjective - Of little or less value or merit.
Usage example: a playwright who produced only second-class work when he turned his hand to poetry
Middling is a synonym for second-class in inferior topic. You can use "Middling" instead an adjective phrase "Second-class", if it concerns topics such as mediocre.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- common and middling
- common and second-class
- ordinary and middling
- ordinary and second-class
- mean and middling
- mean and second-class
- average and middling
- average and second-class
- fair and middling
- fair and second-class
- inferior and middling
- inferior and second-class
- poor and middling
- poor and second-class
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