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What (who) is middle-of-the-road - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Middle of nowhere; The Middle of Nowhere; The Middle of Nowhere (album); The middle of nowhere (disambiguation); The middle of nowhere; Middle of Nowhere (disambiguation); The Middle Of Nowhere; Middle of Nowhere (film); Middle of nowhere (disambiguation)

middle-of-the-road         
1.
If you describe someone's opinions or policies as middle-of-the-road, you mean that they are neither left-wing nor right-wing, and not at all extreme.
Consensus need not be weak, nor need it result in middle-of-the-road policies.
ADJ
2.
If you describe something or someone as middle-of-the-road, you mean that they are ordinary or unexciting.
I actually don't want to be a middle-of-the-road person, married with a mortgage.
ADJ
3.
Middle-of-the-road music is pop music which a large number of people like because it is pleasant and does not sound extreme or unusual. The abbreviation MOR
is also used.
I like cheerful, uplifting middle-of-the-road pop.
ADJ
middle-of-the-road         
¦ adjective
1. avoiding extremes; moderate.
2. (of music) having a wide appeal but somewhat unadventurous.
The Autumn of the Middle Ages         
  • ''The Autumn of the Middle Ages'' cover
  • Johan Huizinga: ''Autumntide of the Middle Ages''.  Book cover of 2020 edition.
BOOK BY JOHAN HUIZINGA
The Waning of the Middle Ages; The autumn of the middle ages; Autumntide of the Middle Ages; Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen
The Autumn of the Middle Ages, The Waning of the Middle Ages, or Autumntide of the Middle Ages (published in 1919 as Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen and translated into English in 1924, German in 1924, and French in 1932), is the best-known work by the Dutch historian Johan Huizinga.

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Middle of Nowhere

Middle of Nowhere may refer to:

Examples of use of middle-of-the-road
1. I was middle of the road, and the middle of the road is where you get knocked down, and I was.
2. Get any middle–of–the–road model for about 12,000.
3. It‘s laying upside down in the middle of the road," the AFP correspondent said.
4. "There are boats in the middle of the road," he said by telephone.
5. I ended up falling off my bike in the middle of the road.