Words For Mediocrity

adjective Lukewarm is an adjective that describes something that is slightly warm or tepid, neither hot nor cold.

• The lukewarm reception to the new policy was evident during the board meeting.
• I only received a lukewarm response when I asked my friends to join me for dinner.
• The party was lukewarm, so we decided to leave early and find something better to do.
• His lukewarm attitude towards the project was disappointing, as we were expecting more enthusiasm from him.

adjective of average or fair quality; neither very good nor very bad

adverb to a moderate extent; not very well or not very much

• The results of the experiment were only so so, not meeting our expectations.
• I'm feeling so so about going to the party tonight.
• The movie was just so so, nothing special.
• Her performance in the play was so so, lacking the passion we were looking for.