Mean (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood".
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Meaning 3
Marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut".
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Meaning 4
Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics".
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Meaning 5
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip".
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Meaning 6
Of no value or worth; "I was caught in the bastardly traffic".
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Meaning 7
(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt.
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Meaning 8
Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall".
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