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mediocre Definition


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mediocre
adj
    1. Only ordinary or average; rather inferior.
      Thesaurus: common, average, ordinary, conventional, dull, commonplace, middling, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, unexceptional, uninspired; Antonym: excellent; exceptional.
Derivative: mediocrity
    The quality of being mediocre.
    A mediocre person or thing.
Etymology: 16c: from French médiocre, from Latin mediocris, meaning ‘midway up a mountain', from medius middle + ocris stony mountain.



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