Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Neither very good nor very bad; passable.
- adverb Neither very well nor very poorly; passably.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Neither very good nor very bad, but generally inclining toward bad; indifferent; middling; passable. See
so so , under so.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable; indifferent.
- adverb Tolerably; passably.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Neither
good norbad ;tolerable ,passable ,indifferent . - adverb Neither very
well nor verypoorly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being neither good nor bad
- adverb in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner
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Examples
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The defense answered with a resounding 'No' and the offense went along for the ride in a so-so effort against the Monsters of the Midway.
Jay Cutler Injury: Concussion Sidelines QB During Brutal Loss AP 2010
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The defense answered with a resounding 'No' and the offense went along for the ride in a so-so effort against the Monsters of the Midway.
Jay Cutler Injury: Concussion Sidelines QB During Brutal Loss AP 2010
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The Twins 'Jon Rauch is so-so, and the Rangers' Neftali Feliz, even though he throws bullets, is still a rookie.
The Score: Which baseball teams have the strongest pitchers? Fred Bowen 2010
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The defense answered with a resounding 'No' and the offense went along for the ride in a so-so effort against the Monsters of the Midway.
Jay Cutler Injury: Concussion Sidelines QB During Brutal Loss AP 2010
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The defense answered with a resounding 'No' and the offense went along for the ride in a so-so effort against the Monsters of the Midway.
Jay Cutler Injury: Concussion Sidelines QB During Brutal Loss AP 2010
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This app's color-matching feature offers the same so-so results as the Benjamin Moore app.
With smartphone apps, design assistance is always at hand Terri Sapienza 2010
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Elisabeth Badinter's bestselling book champions France's so-so moms as the secret to high Gallic birth rates.
In Praise of the Mediocre Mother Emma-Kate Symons 2010
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This global mentality shift is now threatening to strip French mothers of what has, ironically, made them among the most fertile women in the developed world: Their willingness to be so-so moms.
In Praise of the Mediocre Mother Emma-Kate Symons 2010
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This app's color-matching feature offers the same so-so results as the Benjamin Moore app.
With smartphone apps, design assistance is always at hand Terri Sapienza 2010
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The defense answered with a resounding 'No' and the offense went along for the ride in a so-so effort against the Monsters of the Midway.
Jay Cutler Injury: Concussion Sidelines QB During Brutal Loss AP 2010
jmjarmstrong commented on the word so-so
JM tried working as a tailor but it was all just so-so.
June 27, 2011