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middle-of-the-road /ˌmɪdələvðəˈrəʊd /adjective1Avoiding extremes; moderate: the paper reflected the views of its middle-of-the-road readers...- Having conceded so much to the opposition, he has to work hard to secure a middle-of-the-road position - to avoid drifting either to the Platonist right or to the pragmatist left.
- A handful of moderates are talking to middle-of-the-road Senate Republicans about possible compromises, although the talks are going slowly.
- These visages were created by first digitally blending a series of faces from each race into ‘composites’ to create average, middle-of-the-road features typical of each race.
1.1(Of music) tuneful but somewhat bland and unadventurous: their last record was very nice but it’s very middle-of-the-road stuff...- The music-variety genre aired on television at a time when rock and roll was growing in popularity, and the middle-of-the-road music offered by most of these shows did not appeal to younger audiences.
- While Girl Alone uses more soulful ballads, this newer version offers a greater variety of songs, including some rock and roll mixed in with the other middle-of-the-road music.
- The album is mainly middle-of-the-road reggae, heavy on drum and bass, and chock-full of melody lines that grab you right away and sound better with each listen.
Rhymesabode, bestrode, bode, code, commode, corrode, download, encode, erode, explode, forebode, goad, implode, load, lode, mode, node, ode, offload, outrode, road, rode, sarod, Spode, strode, toad, upload, woad |