So-so

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊsəʊ

Origin

From so + so. Compare Dutch zozo ("so-so"), German soso ("so-so"), Norwegian så som så ("so-so").

Full definition of so-so

Adjective

1. Neither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent.The dessert was pretty good, but the meal was so-so.
• GoldsmithIn some Irish houses, where things are so-so,
  One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show.
• Prof. WilsonHe Burns certainly wrote some so-so verses to the Tree of Liberty.

Synonyms

• (neither good nor bad): average, fair, meh, mediocre, middling, lackluster, okay

Adverb

1. 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.

Synonyms

• (neither well nor poorly): blandly, indifferently, insipidly, moderately, passably