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Mediocre Common

Mediocre has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

A person of minor significance, accomplishment or acclaim; a common and undistinguished person.

"After years of chasing fame as an aspiring actor, he finally settled for being just another mediocre extra in the background."

Adjective
1

moderate to inferior in quality

"they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"

2

lacking exceptional quality or ability

"a novel of average merit"

"only a fair performance of the sonata"

"in fair health"

"the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"

"the performance was middling at best"

3

poor to middling in quality

"there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"

4

Having no peculiar or outstanding features; not extraordinary, special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality, almost always with a negative connotation.

"The movie was so mediocre that I felt like leaving halfway through because it lacked any interesting plot twists or memorable characters."

Example Sentences
"they improved the quality from mediocre to above average" adjective
"a novel of average merit" adjective
"only a fair performance of the sonata" adjective
"in fair health" adjective
"the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average" adjective
"the performance was middling at best" adjective
"there have been good and mediocre and bad artists" adjective
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