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What is the word for not good or bad?
Benign is very commonly used in English to talk about something that might not necessarily be a nice thing (like a tumor not being nice, for example) but that is not particularly harmful either. neither good nor bad; mediocre. apathetic: showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
How do you say not good and not bad?
Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for NOT GOOD, BUT NOT BAD [soso]
- OKAY – SOSO.
- HO-HUM.
- MEDIUM.
- AVERAGE.
- MEDIOCRE – MIDDLING – PASSABLE.
- NO GREAT SHAKES.
- FAIR TO MIDDLING – NOTHING SPECIAL.
What does not bad and not good mean?
The word “middling” is NOT definitionally like mediocre — it means lacking exceptional quality or ability. Therefore the words “average” and “passable” often come into play as a generic for not good but not bad. 37.6K views.
Is it not too good or not to good?
“Too good” is correct because the preposition “to” is for movement to a place, and “too” means “more than enough.” “Too” is used as an emphasis here.
How do you say it’s not good?
Synonyms
- poor. adjective. used for saying that something is not as good as it should be.
- average. adjective. not very good.
- limited. adjective. not very good, or not very great in amount.
- inferior. adjective.
- disappointing. adjective.
- inadequate. adjective.
- undistinguished. adjective.
- substandard. adjective.
Is not good correct?
Not good is used strictly as an adjective. It’s used as an adjective to describe the condition or state of something, as in, “Chocolate is not good for dogs.” It can’t be used as a noun. Not good means something has (or once had) the potential to be good, but isn’t.
What’s another word for not good?
What is another word for not good?
| bad | terrible |
|---|---|
| awful | dreadful |
| lousy | poor |
| atrocious | cheap |
| crummy | abysmal |
What does it mean to say not bad?
not bad in American English Informal. good; fairly good; not unsatisfactory. : also not half bad, not so bad.
How do you say not good?
synonyms for not good
- atrocious.
- awful.
- cheap.
- crummy.
- dreadful.
- lousy.
- poor.
- rough.
How do you say not bad?
- satisfactory,
- O.K. or okay (informal),
- average,
- fair,
- sufficient,
- standard,
- acceptable,
- good enough,
What is another word for not so good?
What is another word for not so good?
| worse | bad |
|---|---|
| poor | ill |
What does “not very good” mean?
Taken literally, “not very good” means that something is not included in the category “very good”. It could be good, middling, bad, very bad, awful, horrible… or even excellent or perfect! Idiomatically, however, “it’s not very good” is a polite way to say that something is bad, or at best of middling quality.
Is there any word for ‘it’s not bad but not good either’?
It’ll give you synonyms for each. Originally Answered: Is there any word for the phrase “It’s not bad but not good either”? The word you seek is “mediocre” — definitionally meaning neither good nor bad. However, in many practical cases, it’s often interpreted to mean “moderate to inferior in quality” — especially in the UK.
How do you use not very good in a sentence?
You can use “not very good” as a polite way of saying “not good”, when you don’t want to offend someone, for example. You can also use “not very good” to indicate that something is between “good” and “very good”, ie slightly better than average—I don’t think the cake was very good, but it was good. “Very not good” tends to be a synonym for “bad”.
Is it correct to say TV no good or TV not good?
“No good” would be “nothing good or useful about it”. The “TV no good..” I would certainly have used “TV not good” for two reasons. The “Not bad” cries for a balancing “not good” in the first sentence, almost like matching tenses or plural usage.