middling

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled middlin and midling

US /ˈmɪdlɪŋ/ UK /ˈmɪdlɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
of medium quality, size, or rank; mediocre

The harvest was middling, neither good nor bad.

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Synonyms

1 adj · of medium quality, size, or... mediocre average moderate ordinary fair passable indifferent

Opposites

excellent superior outstanding exceptional

Word family

Related forms middle mid

Etymology

From middle (from Old English middel) + -ing; originally Scots and northern English, applied to goods of a middle grade.

middel Old English *medʰyos Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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