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mediocre

me·diocre

UK/ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə/ US/ˈmiːdɪˌəʊkə/ fairly common

adjective

1.

moderate to inferior in quality

  • “they improved the quality from mediocre to above average”
  • “he would make a poor spy”
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2.

of no 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”
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3.

poor to middling in quality

  • “there have been good and mediocre and bad artists”
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Origin

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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