moderate
/ˈmɒdərət/ adjectiveDefinition
› not very small or large but between the two: moderate growth/inflation/increase Moderate growth last year was enough to raise a profit.moderate gains/losses Investors saw moderate gains on Wall Street overnight. People on low and moderate incomes spend proportionately much more on housing. They split investments between high-yielding bonds and those of more moderate risk.
› not extreme: comparatively/relatively moderate Temporary lay-offs are a relatively moderate action when you consider that elsewhere whole factories have been shut. Conservatives are suspicious of the Senator's moderate views.
(Definition of moderate adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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