moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme; "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism"
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
showing no care or concern in attitude or action; "indifferent to the sufferings of others"; "indifferent to her plea"
neither too great nor too little; "a couple of indifferent hills to climb"
being neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French"
characterized by a lack of partiality; "a properly indifferent jury"; "an unbiasgoted account of her family problems"
marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another; "indifferent about which book you would give them"; "was indifferent to their acceptance or rejection of her invitation"
fairly poor to not very good; "has an indifferent singing voice"; "has indifferent qualifications for the job"