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mittelmäßig — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lackluster adj Lacking brilliance or intelligence.
  • mean verb To intend or have in mind as a purpose.
  • mediocre adj Neither good nor bad; average in a disappointing way.
  • moderate adj Neither too much nor too little; reasonable in amount or degree.
  • undistinguished adj Not distinguished: not marked by conspicuous qualities.

Senses

mittelmäßig is used for these senses in English:

  • lackluster (figurative) Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest; having no vitality.
  • mean Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
  • mediocre Not excellent or outstanding, usually disappointingly so.
  • middlebrow (pejorative) Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between.
  • moderate Mediocre
  • undistinguished Not distinguished: not marked by conspicuous qualities.

lackluster — full definition

  1. adj Lacking brilliance or intelligence.
  2. adj Having no shine or luster; dull.
  3. adj Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest; having no vitality.

mean — full definition

  1. verb To intend or have in mind as a purpose.
  2. verb To convey a particular sense or significance; to signify.
  3. adj Unkind, unpleasant, or deliberately hurtful in behavior.
  4. adj Stingy or ungenerous with money or resources.
  5. noun A method or resource used to achieve a result (usually used in the plural, "means").

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