Definitions for mediocre
ˌmi diˈoʊ kərmedi·ocre

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mediocre, second-rateadjective

   moderate to inferior in quality

   "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"

2. 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"

3. mediocreadjective

   poor to middling in quality

   "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.6 / 5 votes

1. mediocreadjective

   Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality;

   I'm pretty good at tennis but only mediocre at racquetball.

2. Etymology: From the late medioker, from the médiocre, from the médiocre, from the Classical mediocris, from medius + ocris; compare mediocrely and mediocrity.

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mediocreadjective

   of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary

2. Mediocrenoun

   a mediocre person

3. Mediocrenoun

   a young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk's duties

4. Etymology: [F. mdiocre, L. mediocris, fr. medius middle. See Mid.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mediocre in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mediocre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of mediocre in a Sentence

1. Tom Robbins:

   The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b) that is the one and only way that the mediocre and vile can be transformed, and (c) doing that makes it that. We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

2. Jean Giraudoux:

   Only the mediocre are always at their best.

3. Albert Einstein:

   Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

4. 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.

5. David Kelly:

   To achieve better returns investors will need to consider expanding their portfolios to include more foreign stocks, that are less highly valued, great past performance does not predict great future returns. Rather the opposite is the truth : great past performance, which has resulted in high valuations, predicts mediocre future returns.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mediocre
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mediocre
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mediocre
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=mediocre
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=mediocre
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=mediocre