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UK
/mˌiːdɪˈəʊkɐ/
]
[ US /ˌmidiˈoʊkɝ/ ]
[ US /ˌmidiˈoʊkɝ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
moderate to inferior in quality
they improved the quality from mediocre to above average -
lacking exceptional quality or ability
in fair health
the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average
the performance was middling at best
a novel of average merit
only a fair performance of the sonata -
poor to middling in quality
there have been good and mediocre and bad artists
How To Use mediocre In A Sentence
- Red cabbage's fresh, raw crunch is a great addition to salads (see today's recipe), though I quite understand that some of you may have been put off by its appearance in mediocre coleslaws dressed in gloopy, cheap mayonnaise, its pigment seeping into the dressing to create a rather unappealing mess. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's red cabbage recipes
- Any normal, mediocre woman would have (a) sworn, (b) looked under the bed again, or ( c ) shouted at me. THE DICE MAN
- I realized how our leadership brings forth mediocre organizations and dispirited people.
- The issues of validity and reliability are the twin pillars that prove research to be only mediocre or outstanding.
- He was a mediocre speaker, uncomfortable in circumstances of political manoeuvre, often either too hesitant or too precipitate in action, and wedded to a proud independence that interfered with the building of successful alliances.
- That mediocre, built-on-the-cheap excuse for a bypass is overdue for an upgrade.
- Tuesday the 17th is one mediocre day, without waves and with onshore wind, however in the after noon sets become visible underneath the slop.
- His work rarely rises above the mediocre.
- You open one good bottle of wine instead of three mediocre ones. Times, Sunday Times
- This manuscript may be only of mediocre quality but it captures a moment of British history with a sinister power. Times, Sunday Times