"semi-decent" meaning in All languages combined

See semi-decent on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more semi-decent [comparative], most semi-decent [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} semi-decent (comparative more semi-decent, superlative most semi-decent)
  1. Alternative form of semidecent Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: semidecent
    Sense id: en-semi-decent-en-adj-Exj-zOOH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1996, R. Swinburne Clymer, The Rose Cross Order: History Repeats Itself, →ISBN, page 130:",
          "text": "Now is it right to thrust even a semi-decent man in the same cell with a low drunken thief?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Yew Baneberry, Bittersweet Nightshade, →ISBN, page 163:",
          "text": "She wondered why she was having a semi-decent conversation with the woman who had spent several years plotting her death.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Elena Aitken, Nothing Stays In Vegas, →ISBN:",
          "text": "I'm pretty sure teal was created for you. Only blondies with green eyes can look semi-decent in teal.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Sam Christer, The Camelot Code, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Their money comes from a modest business that involves collecting, refilling and reselling inkjet cartridges and it's successful enough to afford a semi-decent four-bed in a semi-decent LA suburb.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Lauren Oliver, Replica, →ISBN:",
          "text": "He did a semi-decent job of concealing his disappointment.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2007, Yew Baneberry, Bittersweet Nightshade, →ISBN, page 163:",
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          "text": "I'm pretty sure teal was created for you. Only blondies with green eyes can look semi-decent in teal.",
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          "text": "He did a semi-decent job of concealing his disappointment.",
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