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mediocre |
Overview of adj mediocre The adj mediocre has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. mediocre, poor, second-rate -- (moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor spy") 2. average, fair, mediocre, middling -- (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") 3. mediocre -- (poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists") Antonyms of adj mediocre 3 senses of mediocre Sense 1 mediocre, poor, second-rate INDIRECT (VIA inferior) -> superior Sense 2 average, fair, mediocre, middling INDIRECT (VIA ordinary) -> extraordinary Sense 3 mediocre INDIRECT (VIA bad) -> good Similarity of adj mediocre 3 senses of mediocre Sense 1 mediocre, poor, second-rate => inferior (vs. superior) Sense 2 average, fair, mediocre, middling => ordinary (vs. extraordinary) Sense 3 mediocre => bad (vs. good) Attributes of adj mediocre Familiarity of adj mediocre mediocre used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj mediocre mediocre Overview of adj mediocre The adj mediocre has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. mediocre, poor, second-rate -- (moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor spy") 2. average, fair, mediocre, middling -- (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") 3. mediocre -- (poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists")
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