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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
Spanish mediocre [miːdɪˈəukəʳ] adjmediocre
French mediocre [miːdɪˈəukəʳ] adjmédiocre
German mediocre [miːdɪˈəukəʳ] adjmittelmäßig
Italian mediocre [miːdɪˈəukəʳ] adjmediocre

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