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mediocre

[mee-dee-oh-ker]

adjective

  1. of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate.

    The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive.

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  2. not satisfactory; poor; inferior.

    Mediocre construction makes that building dangerous.

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mediocre

/ ˈmiːdɪˌəʊkə, ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə /

adjective

  1. derogatoryaverage or ordinary in quality

    a mediocre book

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Other Word Forms

  • submediocre adjective
  • supermediocre adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mediocre1

First recorded in 1580–90; from Middle French, from Latin mediocris “in a middle state,” literally, “at middle height,” equivalent to medi(us) “center, middle” + Old Latin ocris “rugged mountain,” cognate with Greek ó, akin to áDz “apex”; compare Umbrian ocar “hill, citadel”; mid 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mediocre1

C16: via French from Latin mediocris moderate, literally: halfway up the mountain, from medius middle + ocris stony mountain
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A mediocre squad ill-suited to said coach's preferred three at the back.

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“It’s a very mediocre set of numbers,” he added.

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"When you make an album in LA or London, everything is great, even if it's mediocre, because people want a hit out of it," he argues.

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In a recent interview, she described him as “a lousy agent,” “a terrible husband” and “a mediocre father,” but said she did not harbor bitterness toward him.

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In other words, cheap things don’t last — you end up buying multiple mediocre things when you could have just bought the one expensive thing that lasts.

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