Log in or Sign up
midranking love

midranking

Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having a rank or status that is not particularly high or low

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

mid- +‎ ranking

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word midranking.

Examples

  • That's why midranking officials, when they have high-level support, occasionally implement aggressive and unconventional remedies for economic growth and social stability.

    The Rule Breaker 2010

  • He was the son of a failed midranking officer in the Royal Navy and a far-too-chic Mummy, exotically named Yvonne.

    Christopher Hitchens's "Hitch-22," reviewed by Diana McLellan Diana McLellan 2010

  • Thus an Army captain is in a midranking pay grade of O–3, but a Navy captain is a big-shot O–6!

    Married to the Military Meredith Leyva 2009

  • "Politicians have been keen to cut back big government before," said one midranking bureaucrat in Kasumigaseki, the nexus of cabinet ministries in Tokyo.

    Japan's Next Leader Targets Bureaucracy 2009

  • His entourage insists that former Presidents Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammed Khatami, and former parliament Speaker Nateq Nouri, all midranking mullahs, may be among the first to fall in a massive purge of the ruling elite.

    Iran's Clarifying Election 2009

  • Thus an Army captain is in a midranking pay grade of O–3, but a Navy captain is a big-shot O–6!

    Married to the Military Meredith Leyva 2009

  • The story of Mr. Moradani, a midranking Basij member, offers a rare glimpse into one of the most mysterious and feared arms of Iran's regime -- and into the group's most significant mobilization since the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s.

    Inside the Iranian Crackdown 2009

  • The interior minister, Mr. Pourmohammadi, is a midranking cleric known to be close to the ayatollah.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Jan 2008

  • The midranking generals who run Myanmar on a daily basis, these people said, may not have wanted to bring up the aid requests with Gen. Than Shwe for fear of displeasing him and undercutting their own positions of power.

    Myanmar Eases Aid Restrictions 2008

  • Earlier last week, Pashtun sources in Quetta told NEWSWEEK, a group of midranking Taliban commanders visited Mullah Omar and brought with them fighters bleeding from the ears as a result of relentless U.S. bombing raids.

    'Please Don't Forget Us' 2007

Log in or sign up to add your own related words.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.