Consider the context. If someone asks you "how did X on your team perform", and X's performance was average, not bad but nothing special, would you use the word

Consider the context. If someone asks you "how did X on your team perform", and X's performance was average, not bad but nothing special, would you use the word "great"? The last place I worked with levels like that used "met expectations" for the average, which seems more accurate, and isn't something to be ashamed of.