mean, adj.
freq. cnt. 25
freq. cnt. 25
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 50 freq. cnt.: 34 freq. cnt.: 16
average mean
sample sentences
"the average income in New England is below that of the nation""of average height for his age"
"the mean annual rainfall"
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characterized by malice
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2
hateful mean
sample sentences
"a hateful thing to do""in a mean mood"
lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
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semantic pointers
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having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
base mean meanspirited
sample sentences
"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"
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lexical pointers
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of no value or worth
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bastardly mean
sample sentences
"I was caught in the bastardly traffic"
lexical pointers
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semantic pointers
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(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
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beggarly mean
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semantic pointers
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(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
mean mingy miserly tight
sample sentences
"a mean person""he left a miserly tip"
lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
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semantic pointers
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marked by poverty befitting a beggar
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beggarly mean
sample sentences
"a beggarly existence in the slums""a mean hut"
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semantic pointers
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excellent
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mean
sample sentences
"famous for a mean backhand"
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