serviceable
Example Sentences
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The lyrics, which are serviceable but unremarkable—“Oh, I need you, yes, it’s true / I wouldn’t be anywhere without you” is a representative couplet—don’t offset the sleepiness.
“They would have been valuable enough to be recovered if still serviceable. But they were dead nails, and the way they were distributed around the perimeter of the tomb suggests that the placement was purposeful.”
From New York Times
“I’m definitely not trying to be just like a serviceable No. 4 or 5 starter. “I want to get back to where I used to be.”
From Los Angeles Times
But the portal additions boast plenty of collegiate experience and should make for serviceable starters or rotational pieces.
From Seattle Times
It’s, well, robotic: serviceable but plodding, pocked by cliches, lacking humor or sass or anything resembling emotions or idiosyncrasies.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
