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MEDIOCRE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Poor to middling in quality
Example:
there have been good and mediocre and bad artists
Classified under:
Similar:
bad (having undesirable or negative qualities)
Derivation:
mediocrity (a person of second-rate ability or value)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking exceptional quality or ability
Example:
the performance was middling at best
Synonyms:
average; fair; mediocre; middling
Classified under:
Similar:
ordinary (not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree)
Derivation:
mediocrity (ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Moderate to inferior in quality
Example:
they improved the quality from mediocre to above average
Synonyms:
mediocre; second-rate
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
inferior (of low or inferior quality)
Derivation:
mediocrity (a person of second-rate ability or value)
