middling
/ˈmɪdlɪŋ/
adjective
- Of average or moderate quality, size, or rank; neither very good nor very bad.
- His performance in the exam was middling, not outstanding but not failing.
- They live in a middling house in a quiet neighborhood.
- The restaurant received middling reviews from critics.
noun
- A person or thing that is average or ordinary in quality or status.
- She was content being a middling in the amateur league.
- In a class of high achievers, he was a middling.
- The company's products range from top-of-the-line to middlings.
- A product of medium grade or size, such as in grain or lumber.
- They sorted the lumber into firsts, seconds, and middlings.
- The farmer bought a load of middlings to supplement the pigs' diet.
- The mill sells both fine flour and middlings for animal feed.