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mediocre

Definition for mediocre

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To call them mediocre, uninspiring, and stale would be overly generous.

Jeremy Lin exploded onto the stage as the breakout star of one in a long line of mediocre New York Knicks seasons in 2011-12.

He also took cobbling lessons, eventually becoming good enough to do a mediocre job replacing a pair of soles.

One will not know until the next round—the quarterfinals—when this mediocre Brazil team will once again flirt with defeat.

But it is doggedly, almost deliberately mediocre in every way.

Although a capable specialist, as regards general culture and intelligence Ilia Petrovich had only a mediocre equipment.

For even an indifferent photographer is in closer harmony with nature than a mediocre poet.'

He no longer perceives the defects of his work—does not know that it is mediocre or bad.

The resources offered by this country to sportsmen were mediocre in the extreme.

Never praise heartily, that is the sign of an intelligence not mediocre.

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On this page you'll find 102 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mediocre, such as: decent, dull, inferior, middling, ordinary, and second-rate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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