curate's egg
UKDefinition
› something that is partly good but mainly bad: The film is a bit of a curate's egg.Quite good, or not very goodSuitable and acceptable
(Definition of curate's egg from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- acceptable adjective
- adequate adjective
- agreeable adjective (AGREEING)
- all very well idiom
- all very well/fine/good idiom
- average adjective (USUAL)
- fair adjective (AVERAGE)
- fine adjective (SATISFACTORY)
- half decent adjective
- iffy adjective
- impure adjective (MIXED)
- indifferent adjective (NOT GOOD)
- limitation noun
- patchy adjective
- reasonable adjective
- refined adjective (CHANGED)
- rough edges idiom
- satisfactory adjective
- spotty adjective (NOT ALWAYS GOOD)
- weedy adjective (WEAK)
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Quite good, or not very good
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