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mediocrity

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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.

me·di·ocri·tize (-tz) v.
me·di·ocri·ti·zation n.

mediocrity [ˌmiːdɪˈɒkrɪtɪ ˌmɛd-]
n pl -ties
1. the state or quality of being mediocre
2. a mediocre person or thing
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mediocrity - ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
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"
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

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] nmédiocrité f
mediocrity
n
(= quality)Mittelmäßigkeit f
(= person)kleines Licht
mediocrity [ˌmiːdɪˈɒkrɪtɪ] nmediocrità f inv
mediocrity [ˌmiːdɪˈɒkrɪtɪ] nmediocrità f inv


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Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
You must bow down before mediocrity, frigidly polite mediocrity which you despise--and obey.
kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity.
 
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