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mediocre

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me·di·o·cre  (md-kr)
adj.
Moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary. See Synonyms at average.

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

mediocre [mee-dee-oak-er, mee-dee-ok-rit-ee]
Adjective
not very high quality; average or second rate [Latin mediocris moderate]
mediocrity
Noun
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Adj.1.mediocre - moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"
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"
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"

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] adjmediocre

mediocre [miːdɪˈəukəʳ] adjmédiocre

mediocre [miːdɪˈəukəʳ] adjmittelmäßig

mediocre [miːdɪˈəukəʳ] adjmediocre

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 ,
n mediˈocrity [-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


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It is very probable that, had the Battle of Salamis never been fought, the face of the world would have been much as we behold it now, fashioned by the mediocre inspiration and the short-sighted labours of men.
Her husband's quiet tastes irritate her, I think, and she finds it worth while to play the patroness to a group of young poets and painters of advanced ideas and mediocre ability.
Danglars comprehended the full extent of the wretched fate that overwhelmed Dantes; and, when Napoleon returned to France, he, after the manner of mediocre minds, termed the coincidence, "a decree of Providence.
 
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