"not half bad" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-not half bad.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Variant of not bad. Cf. also not half. Etymology templates: {{m|en|not bad}} not bad, {{m|en|not half}} not half Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} not half bad (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic, litotes) Pretty good, imperfect but more than OK. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: satisfactory Translations (imperfect but more than OK): halb so schlimm (German), не тако́й уж плохо́й (ne takój už ploxój) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-not_half_bad-en-adj-AuaCby94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English litotes

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