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not set the world on fire
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(Definition of not set the world on fire from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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not see beyond sth idiom
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not see beyond sth phrasal verb
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not see hide nor hair of sb idiom
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not see sb for dust idiom
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not see the wood for the trees idiom
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not sleep a wink idiom
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not so shabby/not too shabby idiom
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not stand any nonsense idiom
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SMART Thesaurus: Not of good quality
Synonyms and related words:
- a miserable, poor, etc. excuse for sth idiom
- atrocious adjective (VERY BAD)
- awful adjective (BAD)
- badly adverb (IN A BAD WAY)
- be an apology for sth idiom
- come/be a poor second, third, etc. idiom
- crap noun (BAD QUALITY)
- crappy adjective
- downmarket adjective
- downscale adjective
- gimcrack adjective
- inadequacy noun
- inadequate adjective
- meretricious adjective
- motley adjective
- mouldy adjective (BAD)
- tacky adjective (LOW QUALITY)
- terrible adjective (UNPLEASANT)
- tinny adjective (POOR QUALITY)
- worst adjective
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