Word info

not half bad

Adjective

Meaning

not half bad (not comparable)

(idiomatic, litotes) Pretty good, imperfect but more than OK.
It was his first attempt at cooking, but I tried it and it was not half bad.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

He did not normally like whisky—he did not normally drink—but this stuff, really, was not half bad. Source: Internet

Ted: Well it's really not half bad. Source: Internet

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