Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

half-decent

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables
half-de-cent
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not bad; reasonably good.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

more half-decent (comparative) most half-decent (superlative)

Questions

What does half-decent mean?
Not bad; reasonably good.

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