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   mediocrity

   /ˌmiːdɪˈɒkrɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the quality or state of being mediocre: "the team suddenly came good after years of mediocrity" Similar ordinarinesscommonplacenesslack of inspirationpassablenessadequacyindifferenceinferiorityamateurismamateurishnessOpposite excellence
   • ▪ a person of mediocre ability: "a brilliant woman surrounded by mediocrities" Similar nonentitynobodynothinglightweightciphersecond-rateramateurinformal:no-hopernon-starterOpposite star

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   • The word, when used as an adjective, has changed very little, if at all, in its meaning since it was used in a 1586 book titled The English Secretorie (our earliest known evidence): “Mediocre, a meane betwixt high and low, vehement and slender, too much and too little as we saye. . . .”

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   • A mediocre play is one you wish you hadn't wasted an evening on, and the mediocre actor in it should probably find another profession. A person can even be called a mediocrity, though it isn't very nice and you'd never do it to his face. We were disappointed by the mediocrity of the wine.

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   What is a mediocre person?

   • 1. the state or quality of being mediocre. 2. mediocre ability or accomplishment. 3. a mediocre person. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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   mediocrity: 1 n ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding Synonyms: averageness Type of: mundaneness , mundanity , ordinariness the quality of being commonplace and ordinary n a person of second-rate ability or value “shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him” Synonyms: second-rater Type of: individual , mortal , ...

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