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Definition of Mediocre

1. Adjective. Moderate to inferior in quality. "They improved the quality from mediocre to above average"

2. Adjective. Lacking exceptional quality or ability. "The performance was middling at best"

3. Adjective. Poor to middling in quality. "There have been good and mediocre and bad artists"

Definition of Mediocre

1. a. Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary.

2. n. A mediocre person.

Definition of Mediocre

1. Adjective. Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality; ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mediocre

1. neither good nor bad [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mediocre

medigoxin medii medimnus medina medina epoch medinas medio- mediocarpal medioccipital mediocer

mediocolic sphincter mediocracies mediocracy mediocral mediocrally mediocre (current term) mediocrely mediocreness mediocrist mediocrities

mediocrity mediodens mediodorsal mediodorsal nucleus mediolateral mediolaterally medionecrosis medionecrosis aortae idiopathica cystica medionecrosis of the aorta

Literary usage of Mediocre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Musical World (1878)
"Whence does it derive its judgment for its decisions, and especially its recognition, so difficult apparently, of the mediocre, since the Good is never ..."

2. Oecd Economic Surveys: United Kingdom by OECD. (2005)
"... UK innovation performance: is it really mediocre? Traditional measures of innovation imply a disappointing performance Innovation - the successful ..."

3. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1902)
"... but photography is too cold, too mediocre, too grey for such works, of which it can only sum up the image, without giving an idea of the magic of colour ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"If the conception was original and interesting, the execution of it, unfortunately, was very mediocre. The authors of mysteries were not artists; ..."

5. French Civilization in the Nineteenth Century: A Historical Introduction by Albert Léon Guérard (1914)
"... achievement—Resources: fertility overrated]; harbours, rivers, and mineral wealth mediocre—But many-sided, -well-balanced—The human factor predominant. ..."

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