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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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"
mediocrity
noun 1. insignificance, indifference, inferiority, meanness, ordinariness, unimportance, poorness
noun 2. nonentity, nobody, lightweight (informal) second-rater, cipher
Translations
mediocrity [miːdɪˈɔkrɪtɪ] n → mediocridad f
mediocrity [miːdɪˈɔkrɪtɪ] n → médiocrité f
mediocrity [miːdɪˈɔkrɪtɪ] mediocre n → Mittelmäßigkeit f
mediocrity [miːdɪˈɔkrɪtɪ] n → mediocrità


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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.
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You must bow down before mediocrity, frigidly polite mediocrity which you despise--and obey.
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