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mediocrity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | averageness |
| Type of | mundaneness, mundanity, ordinariness |
| Derivation | mediocre |
mediocrity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | second-rater |
| Type of | individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul, person |
| Derivation | mediocre |
Examples of mediocrity
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For many teams, it's a hollow statement, a cliche camouflaging known mediocrity.
From the denverpost.com
The most reliable purveyors of mediocrity were Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass.
From the time.com
He was popular in his day, but he is now widely seen as an avatar of mediocrity.
From the nytimes.com
The trick is figuring out how to keep him from reverting to mediocrity or worse.
From the dailyherald.com
Spurs made a $13 million profit and laughed all the way to mid-table mediocrity.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Regions like Spain that for years have wallowed in mediocrity now are improving.
From the orlandosentinel.com
I am now an ardent fan of punishing success and rewarding fatalistic mediocrity.
From the forbes.com
That's a lot of sustained mediocrity where the home advantage is supposed to be.
From the kentucky.com
Cole Hamels was at his best in 2008, but slipped back to mediocrity last season.
From the delawareonline.com
- Averageness: ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
- Second-rater: a person of second-rate ability or value; "a team of aging second-raters"; "shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him"
- (mediocre) moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"
- (mediocre) average: 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"
- (mediocre) poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"
- The assumptions of mediocrity principle is the notion in philosophy of science that there is nothing special about humans or the Earth. It is a Copernican principle, used either as a heuristic about Earth's position or as a philosophical statement about the place of humanity.
- Mediocre (Spanish pronunciation:u00A0) is the Grammy Award and Latin Grammy nominated debut album of Mexican singer and actress Ximena Sariu00F1ana, released in the United States on Julyu00A015,u00A02008u00A0(2008-07-15). Mediocre reached #10 on Billboard's Latin Pop Albums, and spawned the hit single "Vidas Paralelas" ("Parallel Lives")...
- The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean; A middle course of action; moderation, balance; The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard; An individual with mediocre abilities or achievements
- (mediocre) Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality
