| 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: | 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broken-down, crude, dilapidated, dingy, dowdy, down-at-heel, faded, frumpy, gaudy, inelegant, mangy, messy, nasty*, out-of-date, outmoded, poky, ratty, run-down, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy*, sloppy*, slovenly, stodgy, threadbare, unbecoming, unkempt, unstylish, unsuitable, untidy,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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