mediocrity

me·di·oc·ri·ty  (md-kr-t)

n. pl. me·di·oc·ri·ties

1. The state or quality of being mediocre.

2. Mediocre ability, achievement, or performance.

3. One that displays mediocre qualities.

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me·di·ocri·tize (-tz) v.

me·di·ocri·ti·zation n.

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mediocrity [ˌmiːdɪˈɒkrɪtɪ ˌmɛd-]

n pl -ties

1. the state or quality of being mediocre

2. a mediocre person or thing

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mediocrity - ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding averageness ordinariness, mundaneness, mundanity - the quality of being commonplace and ordinary
	2.	mediocrity - a person of second-rate ability or value; "a team of aging second-raters"; "shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him" second-rater individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

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mediocrity

noun

1. insignificance, indifference, inferiority, meanness, ordinariness, unimportance, poorness She lamented the mediocrity of contemporary literature.

2. nonentity, nobody, lightweight (informal), second-rater, cipher, non-person Surrounded by mediocrities, he seemed a towering intellectual.

Quotations
"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius" [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Valley of Fear]

Translations

mediocrity [ˌmiːdɪˈɒkrɪtɪ] N

1. (= quality) → mediocridad f

2. (= person) → mediocre mf

mediocrity [ˌmiːdiˈɒkrəti] n → médiocrité f

mediocrity

n

(= quality) → Mittelmäßigkeit f

(= person) → kleines Licht

mediocrity [ˌmiːdɪˈɒkrɪtɪ] n → mediocrità f inv

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mediocrity [ˌmiːdɪˈɒkrɪtɪ] n → mediocrità f inv