mediocrity
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me·di·oc·ri·ty
(mē′dē-ŏk′rĭ-tē)n. pl. me·di·oc·ri·ties
1. The state or quality of being mediocre.
2. Mediocre ability, achievement, or performance.
3. One that displays mediocre qualities.
me·di·oc′ri·tize′ (-tīz′) v.
me·di·oc′ri·ti·za′tion n.
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mediocrity
(ˌmiːdɪˈɒkrɪtɪ; ˌmɛd-)n, pl -ties
1. the state or quality of being mediocre
2. a mediocre person or thing
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me•di•oc•ri•ty
(ˌmi diˈɒk rɪ ti)n., pl. -ties.
1. the state or quality of being mediocre.
2. mediocre ability or accomplishment.
3. a mediocre person.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin]
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| Noun | 1. | mediocrity - ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding |
| 2. | mediocrity - a person of second-rate ability or value; "a team of aging second-raters"; "shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him" |
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mediocrity
noun
1. insignificance, indifference, inferiority, meanness, ordinariness, unimportance, poorness She lamented the mediocrity of contemporary literature.
2. nonentity, nobody, lightweight (informal), second-rater, cipher, non-person Surrounded by mediocrities, he seemed a towering intellectual.
Quotations
"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius" [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Valley of Fear]
"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius" [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Valley of Fear]
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Translations
وَسَطيَّه
prostřednost
middelmådighed
középszerûség
meîalmennska
priemernosť
bayağılık
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mediocrity
n
(= quality) → Mittelmäßigkeit f
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mediocre
(miːdiˈoukə) adjective not very good or great; ordinary. a mediocre performance/effort.
ˌmediˈocrity (-ˈo-) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.