Mediocrity - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌmiːdɪˈɑːkrətɪ|
Brit.
|miːdɪˈɒkrɪtɪ|
noun
- ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
- a person of second-rate ability or value (syn: second-rater)
- 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
singular: mediocrity
plural: mediocrities
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