mediocrity
The condition of being mediocreThe condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.
» Adapt or fade away into mediocrity.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.
Flexibility is good, but a tolerance for mediocrity carried far enough impairs operational capacity.
Mittelmäßigkeit, Mittelmaß
посре́дственностьposrédstvennostʹ, зауря́дностьzaurjádnostʹ
(countable)A person with mediocre abilities or achievements.
populated with mediocrities
surrounded by mediocrities
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A middle course of action; moderation, balance.
- ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
- a person of second-rate ability or value
Examples
9 sentencesAdapt or fade away into mediocrity.
I refuse to settle for mediocrity.
She always plays big, never settling for mediocrity in her endeavors.
This is the reign of mediocrity!
Here we are in the reign of mediocrity!
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French médiocrité, from Latin mediocritās, from mediocris; by surface analysisFrom Middle French médiocrité, from Latin mediocritās, from mediocris; by surface analysis, mediocre + -ity.
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Forms
plural: mediocrities| Singular | mediocrity |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding:averageness
- a person of second-rate ability or value:second-rater
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable