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mediocre |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mediocre \Me"di*o`cre\, a. [F. m['e]diocre, L. mediocris, fr medius middle. See {Mid}.] Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary. `` A very mediocre poet.'' --Pope. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mediocre \Me"di*o`cre\, n. 1. A mediocre person. [R.] 2. A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk's duties. --Shipley. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mediocre adj 1: moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor spy" [syn: {poor}, {second-rate}] 2: of no 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" [syn: {average}, {fair}, {middling}] 3: poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"
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