mediocre ability

mediocre ability
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  • mediocre — UK [ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə(r)] / US [ˌmɪdɪˈoʊkər] adjective average or below average in quality, ability, or achievement a mediocre performance …   English dictionary

  • mediocre — adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Latin mediocris, from medius middle + Old Latin ocris stony mountain; akin to Latin acer sharp more at edge Date: circa 1586 of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance ; ordinary, so so …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • medium# — medium n *mean, instrument, instrumentality, agent, agency, organ, vehicle, channel medium adj Medium, middling, mediocre, second rate, moderate, average, fair, indifferent mean midway, or about midway, between the extremes of a scale or… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • mediocrity — /mee dee ok ri tee/, n., pl. mediocrities. 1. the state or quality of being mediocre. 2. mediocre ability or accomplishment. 3. a mediocre person. [1400 50; late ME mediocrite < MF mediocrite < L mediocritat (s. of mediocritas) a middle state,… …   Universalium

  • mediocrity — /midiˈɒkrəti/ (say meedee okruhtee), /mɛdi / (say medee ) noun (plural mediocrities) 1. the state or quality of being mediocre. 2. mediocre ability or accomplishment. 3. a person of only moderate ability …  

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  • mediocrity — me•di•oc•ri•ty [[t]ˌmi diˈɒk rɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the state or quality of being mediocre 2) mediocre ability or accomplishment 3) a mediocre person • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < MF < L …   From formal English to slang

  • mediocrity — [mē΄dē äk′rə tē] n. pl. mediocrities [Fr médiocrité < L mediocritas] 1. the quality or state of being mediocre 2. mediocre ability or attainment 3. a person of mediocre abilities or attainments …   English World dictionary

  • me|di|oc|ri|ty — «MEE dee OK ruh tee», noun, plural ties. 1. quality that is neither good nor bad; mediocre quality: »Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle). 2. a mediocre ability or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • mediocrity — noun (plural mediocrities) the quality or state of being mediocre. ↘a person of mediocre ability …   English new terms dictionary

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