halfway decent

idiom

: fairly good

I'm willing to eat anywhere as long as the food is halfway decent.

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With seasonal specials and special episodes of Your Favorite Shows and seemingly every halfway decent big-screen holiday movie of the last 30 years hauled out to run in a loop on cable TV, the only defense is surrender. —

Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2024 Randle has largely been a floor-raiser rather than a ceiling-raiser, somebody who can generate a ton of halfway decent shots with limited turnover risk but isn’t going to set any efficiency records. —

Fred Katz, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024 Morgan and Joanne have seemingly never met even a halfway decent guy in their lives. —

Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024 Now, with Jameis Winston under center and operating an offense that looks halfway decent, this young receiver has a chance to take off. —

Jesse Reed, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for halfway decent

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