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    [Noun]  | "me*di*oc*ri*ty" | \ ˌmē-dē-ˈä-krə-tē \


    1: the quality or state of being mediocre

    2: moderate ability or value

    3: a mediocre person


    Origin: 1588 ;

     Middle English mediokerte, mediocrite "moderation, medium size or amount," borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French mediocrité "intermediate state," borrowed from Latin mediocritāt-, mediocritās "moderateness of size or amount, intermediate character, limited ability," from mediocris "of medium size, moderate, {see: |mediocre|mediocre}" + -itāt-, -itās {see: |-ity|-ity};

    [Noun]  | "mediocrity" 


    1: the quality or state of being mediocre;


      * e.g., " ... She's a perfectionist who refuses to settle for mediocrity. "





    2: a person of little fame;


      * e.g., " ... He surrounded himself with mediocrities to appear more notable by comparison. "





     [ "mediocrity" ]

    1: The most insiduous influence on the young is not violence, drugs, tobacco, drink or sexual perversion, but our pursuit of the trivial and our tolerance of the third rate.

      * e.g.,  ... i dont think outside the square, in fact, i wasnt aware that there was a square, i just shutup and eat my media and dont want to think for myself.  

     [ "mediocrity" ]

    1: being unremarkable

      * e.g.,  ... foster: *acts with mediocrity" bro, stop being such a phy 

     [ "mediocrity" ]

    1: me-di-oc-ri-ty (noun) The quality or state of being mediocre

      * e.g.,  ... "Jesus Mike, how can you pull for Notre Dame? They are the Elvis of Mediocrity!" 


     [ "mediocrity" ]

    2:  How to properly describe Notre Dame football for the past 10 years.

     [ "mediocrement" ]

    1: n. It's like a compliment, but not. But it's also not an insult.

      * e.g.,  ... 3 examples of a mediocrement: "Hey, you're not the grossest person I've ever met!" 

     [ "Mediocrates" ]

    1: pron. a person of average of below-average intelligence or skill who claims to be an expert.

      * e.g.,  ... Leslie pontificated incessantly about her surfing exploits, but the dopers at Mavericks knew her as Mediocrates. 

     [ "Mediocre" ]

    1: Not good, not bad, but a negative term nonetheless. Often used to describe something that is average, but was expected to be much better.

      * e.g.,  ... She was a mediocre student who could have been much better. 

     [ "mediocrally" ]

    1: Mediocrally is an adverb derived from mediocrity (also derived from mediocre).

      * e.g.,  ... After the investment banker and kindergarten teacher met on Jdate, they got married and lived mediocrally ever after. 

     [ "mediocre" ]

    1: just in the middle. not good but not horrible

      * e.g.,  ... J lo is mediocre 

     [ "Mediocre" ]

    1: Something that isn't good, but isn't bad. Such as a movie that Kevin James is in.

      * e.g.,  ... Wow that Kevin James movie was mediocre. 

     [ "Mediocre" ]

    1: Michael Crabtree of the San Francisco 49'ers, in the words of the best cornerback in the league, Richard Sherman of the 2014 World Champs, the Seattle Seahawks.

      * e.g.,  ... “Well, I’m the best corner in the game! When you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that’s the result you’re gonna get! Don’t you ever talk about me!” In a subsequent interview on ESPN, Sherman reiterated that Crabtree is “mediocre at best.” 

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