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mediocrity |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mediocrity \Me`di*oc"ri*ty\, n. [F. m['e]diocrit['e], L. mediocritas.] 1. The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a moderate degree or rate. ``A mediocrity of success.'' --Bacon. 2. Moderation; temperance. [Obs.] --Hooker. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mediocrity n 1: ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding [syn: {averageness}] 2: a person of second-rate ability or value: "a team of aging second-raters"; "shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him" [syn: {second-rater}]
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