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Princeton's WordNet

  1. indifferent, so-so(p)adverb

    being neither good nor bad

    "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French"

  2. acceptably, tolerably, so-soadverb

    in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner

    "she plays tennis tolerably"

Wiktionary

  1. so-soadverb

    Neither very well nor very poorly.

    He performed so-so during the tryouts, and the coach was undecided whether to add him to the team or not.

  2. so-soadjective

    Neither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent.

    The dessert was pretty good, but the meal was so-so.

Wikipedia

  1. SO-SO

    Sota Kato (加藤 創太, Katō Sōta, born October 13, 1999), better known as SO-SO is a Japanese beatboxer, looper, singer-songwriter and producer. He is currently a member of the beatbox crew SARUKANI.

ChatGPT

  1. so-so

    So-so refers to someone or something that is average, not particularly good nor bad, mediocre, or satisfactory. It is an adjective used to describe lackluster or moderate quality.

Webster Dictionary

  1. So-soadjective

    neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable; indifferent

  2. So-soadverb

    tolerably; passably

  3. Etymology: [So + so.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. So-so

    sō′-sō, adj. neither very good nor very bad: tolerable: indifferent.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of so-so in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of so-so in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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