| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor; of or in inferior circumstances |
Synonyms: |
base, beggarly, common, contemptible, down-at-heel, déclassé, hack, humble, ignoble, ineffectual, inferior, insignificant, limited, low, lowborn, lowly, mediocre, menial, miserable, modest, narrow, obscure, ordinary, paltry, petty, pitiful, plebeian, proletarian, run-down, scruffy, second-class, second-rate, seedy, servile, shabby*, sordid, squalid, tawdry, undistinguished, unwashed, vulgar, wretched |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
| Main Entry: | needy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deprived, impoverished |
Synonyms: |
beggared, dead broke, destitute, dirt poor, disadvantaged, down at heel, down to last cent, down-and-out, flat*, impecunious, indigent, necessitous, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, underprivileged, unprosperous |
Antonyms: |
affluent, rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | ragged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worn-out; in shreds |
Synonyms: |
badly dressed, badly worn, battered, broken, contemptible, crude, desultory, dilapidated, dingy, disorganized, down at the heel, fragmented, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in holes, in rags, in tatters, irregular, jagged, mean, moth-eaten, notched, patched, poor, poorly made, rent, rough, rugged, scraggy, seedy, serrated, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, shredded, tacky*, tattered, tatty, threadbare, torn, uneven, unfinished, unkempt, unpressed, worse for wear |
Antonyms: |
even, kempt, new, smooth |
| Main Entry: | tacky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, tasteless |
Synonyms: |
broken-down, crude, dilapidated, dingy, dowdy, down-at-heel, faded, frumpy, gaudy, inelegant, mangy, messy, nasty*, out-of-date, outmoded, poky, ratty, run-down, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy*, sloppy*, slovenly, stodgy, threadbare, unbecoming, unkempt, unstylish, unsuitable, untidy, vulgar |
Antonyms: |
classy, expensive, tasteful |
| Main Entry: | scrubby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shabby |
Synonyms: |
all the worse for wear, bare, bedraggled, broken-down, crummy, cure, decayed, decaying, decrepit, degenerated, desolate, deteriorated, deteriorating, dilapidated, dingy, disfigured, disreputable, dog-eared, down-at-heel, faded, frayed, gone to seed, mangy, meager, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, pitiful, poor, pot, poverty-stricken, ragged, ramshackle, ratty, rickety, ruined, ruinous, run-down, rundown, scruffy, seedy, shoddy, sleazy*, slipshod, squalid, tacky*, tattered, tatty, threadbare, tired, worn, worn-out, worse for wear, wretched |
| Main Entry: | tatty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shabby |
Synonyms: |
all the worse for wear, bare, bedraggled, broken-down, crummy, cure, decayed, decaying, decrepit, degenerated, desolate, deteriorated, deteriorating, dilapidated, dingy, disfigured, disreputable, dog-eared, down-at-heel, faded, frayed, gone to seed, mangy, meager, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, pitiful, poor, pot, poverty-stricken, ragged, ramshackle, ratty, rickety, ruined, ruinous, run-down, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shoddy, sleazy*, slipshod, squalid, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, tired, worn, worn-out, worse for wear, wretched |
| Concept: | Mean. |
| Category: | 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
mean, medium, intermedium, average, balance, mediocrity, generality; median, mode; golden mean (mid-course) [more]; middle; compromise; middle course, middle state; neutrality.
-verbs
split the difference; take the average; reduce to a mean; strike a balance, pair off.
-adjectives
mean, intermediate; middle; average; neutral; mediocre, middle-class; commonplace (unimportant).
-adverbs
on an average, in the long run; taking one with another, taking all things together, taking it for all in all; communibus annis, in round numbers.
-phrases
medium tenuere beati.
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