mediocrity
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mediocrity
- /miː.dɪˈɒk.ɹɪ.ti/ UK
- /mi.dɪˈɑk.ɹɪ.ti/ US
- [mi.dɪˈɑk.ɹɪ.ɾi] US
Where it comes from
From Middle French médiocrité, from Latin mediocritās, from mediocris; by surface analysis, mediocre + -ity.
noun mediocrities
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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.
Similar: middlingness
- A person with mediocre abilities or achievements. populated with mediocrities
- The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean.
- A middle course of action; moderation, balance. Sundrie other Gent[lemen] reſt beholden to this hundred, for their dvvellings, vvho, in an enuiable mediocritie of fortune, do happilie poſſeſſe themſelues, and communicate their ſufficient means to the ſeruice of their prince, the good of their neighbours, and the bettering of their ovvn eſtate: […
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: averageness, second-rater, inadequacy, dung, middleness, middlingness, mediocreness, middle-of-the-roadness, submediocrity, moderacy, intermediacy, intermediateness, moderation, moderateness, intermeddlesomeness, neutrality
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noun condition of being mediocre
| Español | mediocridad, medianía |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 平凡 heibon, 凡庸 bon'yō |
| Português | mediocridade |
| Français | médiocrité |
| Deutsch | Mittelmäßigkeit, Mittelmaß |
| Italiano | mediocrità |
| Ελληνικά | μετριότητα metriótita |
| Русский | посре́дственность posrédstvennostʹ, зауря́дность zaurjádnostʹ |
Talk about this word "mediocrity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mediocrity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mediocrity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mediocrity "mediocrity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mediocrity.Cite this
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