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middling
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
middling
(adjective)
middling
/
ˈ
mɪdlɪŋ/
adjective
middling
/
ˈ
mɪdlɪŋ/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of MIDDLING
:
of average size or quality
a
middling
profit
a
middling
performance
The food was
fair to middling
. [=just average; not especially good]
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