mean
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~ of no value or worth; "I was caught in the bastardly traffic"
mean
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~ (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
mean
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~ characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"
mean
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~ approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall"
mean
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~ having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"
mean
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~ excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"
mean
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~ (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"
meandering
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~ of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
meaning
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~ rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look"; "a significant silence"
meaningful
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~ having a meaning or purpose; "a meaningful explanation"; "a meaningful discussion"; "a meaningful pause"
meaningless
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~ producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
meaningless
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~ having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation"
meanspirited
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~ lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"
meanspirited
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~ having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"
measly
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~ contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
measurable
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~ capable of being measured; "measurable depths"
measurable
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~ of distinguished importance; "a measurable figure in literature"
measured
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~ unhurried and with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"
measured
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~ having notes of fixed rhythmic value
measured
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~ carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony"; "he made a deliberate decision not to respond negatively"