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mediocrity (noun)

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  • mediocrity — noun acceptability, adequateness, average, averageness, baseness, common lot, commonness, commonplaceness, deficiency, fairness, inconsiderableness, inferiority, inferiorness, insignificance, low grade, low quality, mean, meanness, mediocritas,… …   Law dictionary

  • mediocrity — ► NOUN (pl. mediocrities) 1) the quality or state of being mediocre. 2) a person of mediocre ability …   English terms dictionary

  • mediocrity — noun /miːdɪˈɒkɹɪti/ a) The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean. In adversity I wish for prosperity, and in prosperity I am afraid of adversity. What mediocrity may be found? b) The condition of being mediocre; having only… …   Wiktionary

  • mediocrity — noun (plural ties) Date: 1588 1. a. the quality or state of being mediocre b. moderate ability or value 2. a mediocre person …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • mediocrity — noun (plural mediocrities) the quality or state of being mediocre. ↘a person of mediocre ability …   English new terms dictionary

  • mediocrity — UK [ˌmiːdɪˈɒkrətɪ] / US [ˌmɪdɪˈɑkrətɪ] noun Word forms mediocrity : singular mediocrity plural mediocrities 1) [countable/uncountable] a quality, ability, or achievement that is average or below average We will not accept mediocrity – the job… …   English dictionary

  • mediocrity — me|di|oc|ri|ty [ ,midi akrəti ] noun 1. ) count or uncount quality, ability, or achievement that is average or below average: We will not accept mediocrity; the job they do is of critical importance. 2. ) count someone who is not considered… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • mediocrity — /midiˈɒkrəti/ (say meedee okruhtee), /mɛdi / (say medee ) noun (plural mediocrities) 1. the state or quality of being mediocre. 2. mediocre ability or accomplishment. 3. a person of only moderate ability …  

  • mediocre — adjective not very good: I thought the film was pretty mediocre. | a mediocre student mediocrity noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • averageness — noun 1. the state of being that is average; indicates normality but with connotations of mediocrity • Derivationally related forms: ↑average • Hypernyms: ↑normality, ↑normalcy 2. ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding… …   Useful english dictionary

  • second-rater — noun a person of second rate ability or value a team of aging second raters shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him • Syn: ↑mediocrity • Derivationally related forms: ↑mediocre (for: ↑mediocrity) …   Useful english dictionary

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