not bad

Idioms and Phrases

Also, not half bad ; not so or too bad ; not too shabby . Fairly good, as in Not bad, said the conductor, but we need to play the scherzo again , or The movie wasn't half bad, but Jerry wanted to go home , or Our garden's not too bad this year , or How are things going?—Not too shabby . All of the terms involving bad , which imply that something is less bad than it might be, date from the mid-1700s. The last variant, using shabby in the sense of “inferior,” is slang of the late 1900s.

Example Sentences

It’s not bad to have your life get smaller.

From Los Angeles Times

Her Northern Irish accent is also “not bad, actually”, she says.

From BBC

Monday, which he said has been difficult, “but so far not bad.”

From Los Angeles Times

They are not bad persons or human beings.

From BBC

As if being punier is not bad enough, the sharks also become inferior hunters.

From Salon

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