What does MEDIOCRE mean?
Definitions for MEDIOCRE
ˌmi diˈoʊ kərmedi·ocre
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Princeton's WordNet
mediocre, second-rateadjective
moderate to inferior in quality
"they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"
average, fair, mediocre, middlingadjective
lacking exceptional quality or ability
"a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"
mediocreadjective
poor to middling in quality
"there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"
Wiktionary
mediocreadjective
Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality;
I'm pretty good at tennis but only mediocre at racquetball.
Etymology: From the late medioker, from the médiocre, from the médiocre, from the Classical mediocris, from medius + ocris; compare mediocrely and mediocrity.
ChatGPT
mediocre
Mediocre refers to something of average or ordinary quality, lacking excellence or distinction. It implies being mediocre in terms of skill, talent, performance, or overall value, falling below the expected or desirable level of achievement.
Webster Dictionary
Mediocreadjective
of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary
Mediocrenoun
a mediocre person
Mediocrenoun
a young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk's duties
Etymology: [F. mdiocre, L. mediocris, fr. medius middle. See Mid.]
Wikidata
Mediocre
Mediocre is the Grammy Award and Latin Grammy nominated debut album of Mexican singer and actress Ximena Sariñana, released in the United States on July 15, 2008. Mediocre reached #10 on Billboard's Latin Pop Albums, and spawned the hit single "Vidas Paralelas". The album gained additional attention when the iTunes Store featured Sariñana's song "Normal" as the canción de la semana — iTunes' free Latino song of the week — during the week of July 8, 2008. Mediocre garnered good reviews from many critics, receiving five stars from SoMinty, four stars from Time Out, and four stars from Rolling Stone magazine. Many critics praise Mediocre for being an eclectic album with a diverse style of songs featuring pop, rock, alternative, and nueva canción styles.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Mediocre
mē′di-ō-kėr, adj. of middling extent or quality: moderate.—n. Medioc′rity, a middle state or condition: a moderate degree: a person of little power or importance. [Fr.,—L. mediocris—medius, middle.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of MEDIOCRE in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of MEDIOCRE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of MEDIOCRE in a Sentence
The media side is just so rapidly changing, so whether Galaxys Edge turns out really well for them or Galaxys Edge's just kind of a mediocre capex spend, I think there's very little risk.
Gustave Flaubert, "Madame Bovary", ch. 12:
...exaggerated turns of speech conceal mediocre affections: as if the fulness of the soul might not sometimes overflow in the emptiest of metaphors, since no one, ever, can give the exact measurements of his needs, nor of his conceptions, nor of his sufferings, and the human word is like a cracked cauldron upon which we beat out melodies fit for making bears dance when we are trying to move the stars to pity.
You go through spells of capitalizing on things and having good cars and mediocre cars and circumstances, and I think that part of this sport is those streaks come and go at certain race tracks, at RCR we had a lot of good, flat-track races at Richmond and Loudon, and we only won here one time, and I thought this was one of our better tracks.
Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.
Every progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand mediocre minds appointed to guard the past.
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- متوسطArabic
- mediocreCatalan, Valencian
- průměrnýCzech
- middelmådigDanish
- mittelmäßigGerman
- παρακατιανός, μέτριοςGreek
- mediocreSpanish
- keskiverto, keskimääräinen, hääppöinen, keskinkertainenFinnish
- médiocreFrench
- közepes, középszerűHungarian
- Biasa SajaIndonesian
- mediocreItalian
- 平凡Japanese
- ಮಧ್ಯಮKannada
- 평범한Korean
- mediocre, mediocrisLatin
- просечен, среденMacedonian
- middelmådigNorwegian
- middelmatigDutch
- średni, miernyPolish
- medíocrePortuguese
- mediocru, mediocrăRomanian
- заурядный, посредственный, среднийRussian
- medelmåttigSwedish
- tầm thườngVietnamese
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