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Mediocre
Definitions
- 1 Not excellent or outstanding, usually disappointingly so.
"I'm pretty good at tennis but only mediocre at racquetball."
- 1 poor to middling in quality wordnet
- 2 lacking exceptional quality or ability wordnet
- 3 moderate to inferior in quality wordnet
- 1 A person of minor significance, accomplishment or acclaim; a common and undistinguished person.
"Of the hundreds of inferior poets, who are continually offering their sonnets and addresses to the Moon, (or to the public instead of that luminary,) Wade, Barton, Wiffen, and Bailey, are the most conspicuous. Wade is a new aspirant, but gives strong prognostications of genius. Barton and Bailey are above the mediocres, and Wiffen tolerable."
- 2 A member of a socioeconomic class between the upper ranks of society and the agricultural workers. historical
Etymology
From the late Middle English medioker, from the French médiocre, from the Middle French médiocre, from the Classical Latin mediocris (“in a middle state”, “of middle size”, “middling”, “moderate”, “ordinary”, from medius (“middle”) + ocris (“rugged mountain”)); compare mediocrely and mediocrity.
From the late Middle English medioker, from the French médiocre, from the Middle French médiocre, from the Classical Latin mediocris (“in a middle state”, “of middle size”, “middling”, “moderate”, “ordinary”, from medius (“middle”) + ocris (“rugged mountain”)); compare mediocrely and mediocrity.
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