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rough edges
Definition
› If a piece of work or a performance has rough edges, some parts of it are not of very good quality: He's a great footballer, but his game still has a few rough edges.Quite good, or not very goodSuitable and acceptable › If a person has rough edges, they do not always behave well and politely: I knew him before he was successful, and he had a lot of rough edges back then.Bad and wrong behaviourDisobedientObeying and breaking the lawObedient and compliant
(Definition of rough edges from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Quite good, or not very good
Synonyms and related words:
- acceptable adjective
- adequate adjective
- agreeable adjective (AGREEING)
- all very well idiom
- all very well/fine/good idiom
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- indifferent adjective (NOT GOOD)
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