mediocre

me·di·o·cre  (md-kr)

adj.

Moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary. See Synonyms at average.

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[French médiocre, from Latin mediocris : medius, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots + ocris, a rugged mountain; see ak- in Indo-European roots.]

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mediocre [mee-dee-oak-er, mee-dee-ok-rit-ee]

Adjective

not very high quality; average or second rate [Latin mediocris moderate]

mediocrity

Noun

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	mediocre - moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average" second-rate inferior - of low or inferior quality
	2.	mediocre - lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best" middling, average, fair ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"
	3.	mediocre - poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists" bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

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mediocre

adjective second-rate, average, ordinary, indifferent, middling, pedestrian, inferior, commonplace, vanilla (slang) insignificant, so-so (informal) banal, tolerable, run-of-the-mill, passable, undistinguished, uninspired, bog-standard Brit., Irish (slang) no great shakes (informal) half-pie N.Z. (informal) fair to middling (informal) << OPPOSITE excellent

Translations

mediocre [miːdɪˈəukəʳ] adj → mediocre

mediocre [miːdɪˈəukəʳ] adj → médiocre

mediocre [miːdɪˈəukəʳ] adj → mittelmäßig

mediocre [miːdɪˈəukəʳ] adj → mediocre

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mediocre

adj mediocre [miːdiˈoukə]

not very good or great; ordinary a mediocre performance/effort. middelmatig مُعْتَدِل، وَسَط، عادي посредствам prostřední middelmådig mittelmäßig μέτριος mediocre keskpärane معمولی keskinkertainen médiocre בֵּינוֹנִי साधारण osrednji közepes, középszerű biasa miðlungs-, meðallags- mediocre 並みの 평범한, 보통의 vidutiniškas, pusėtinas viduvējs biasa middelmatig middelmådig mierny medíocre mediocru посредственный; заурядный priemerný povprečen osrednji medioker, medelmåttig ธรรมดา orta 平庸的, 普普通通的 посередній, звичайний درمیانی یا ادنی tầm thường 平庸的, 普普通通的

n ˌmediˈocrity [-ˈo-]

middelmatigheid وَسَطيَّه посредственост prostřednost middelmådighed die Mittelmäßigkeit μετριότητα mediocridad keskpärasus متوسط keskinkertaisuus médiocrité בֵּינוֹנִיוּת साधारण गुणवाला osrednjost középszerűség tingkat sedang meðalmennska mediocrità 平凡 그저 그런 수준, 평범한 사람 vidutiniškumas, vidutinybė viduvējība tidak berapa baik middelmatigheid middelmådighet mierność mediocridade mediocritate посредственность;заурядный человек priemernosť povprečnost prosečnost medelmåttighet ความธรรมดา; คนธรรมดา bayağılık 平庸 посередність متوسط قابلیت یا درجہ tính chất xoàng xĩnh 平庸

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