"not bad" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-not bad.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} not bad (not comparable)
  1. (litotes) Reasonably good; almost good; mediocre. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: not half bad, OK, satisfactory Translations (reasonably good): no està malament (Catalan), 不錯 (Chinese Mandarin), 不错 (bùcuò) (Chinese Mandarin), niet slecht (Dutch), ihan hyvä (Finnish), ei hassumpi (Finnish), pas mal (French), nicht schlecht (German), nicht schlimm (German), nem rossz (Hungarian), lumayan (Indonesian), niente male (Italian), non male (Italian), non c'è male (Italian), 悪くない (waruku nai) (alt: わるくない) (Japanese), nōn male (Latin), neblogai (Lithuanian), niezgorszy (Polish), niezły (Polish), nada mau [masculine] (Portuguese), ничего́ (ničevó) (Russian), неплохо́й (neploxój) (Russian), недурно́й (nedurnój) (Russian), nada mal (Spanish), inte illa (Swedish), inte fy skam (Swedish), ไม่เลว (mâi-leeo) (Thai), fena değil (Turkish)
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          "sense": "reasonably good",
          "word": "no està malament"
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          "word": "不錯"
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          "sense": "reasonably good",
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          "sense": "reasonably good",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "reasonably good",
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          "sense": "reasonably good",
          "word": "nicht schlimm"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "reasonably good",
          "word": "nem rossz"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "reasonably good",
          "word": "lumayan"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "reasonably good",
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        {
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          "sense": "reasonably good",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "reasonably good",
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          "sense": "reasonably good",
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          "sense": "reasonably good",
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          "sense": "reasonably good",
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          "word": "nada mau"
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          "word": "ไม่เลว"
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      "sense": "reasonably good",
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