Mediocrity - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌmiːdɪˈɑːkrətɪ|  American pronunciation of the word mediocrity
Brit.  |miːdɪˈɒkrɪtɪ|  British pronunciation of the word mediocrity

noun

- ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
- a person of second-rate ability or value (syn: second-rater)

Extra examples

We were disappointed by the mediocrity of the wine.

He thought that he was a brilliant artist himself and that all his fellow painters were just mediocrities.

None of us like mediocrity, but we all reverence perfection.

Word forms

noun
singular: mediocrity
plural: mediocrities
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