1
as in decent
of average to below average quality
your grades are mediocre and barely acceptable
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as in poor
of low quality
mediocre carvings in a pseudo-African style that are sold to tourists
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Recent Examples of mediocre
Now, for one of their chief bugaboos — a primary culprit for the mediocre record through 32 games.
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Joe Vardon, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
Bar Ai Miracoli and Mask Shopping Emily grabs gelato at Bar Ai Miracoli near Campo Santa Maria Nova—a convenient stop for a drink or something sweet, but ultimately a bit of a tourist trap with mediocre gelato.
—Jenn Rice, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
Two women in the prime of their lives abandoning their own ambitions to support the half-baked whims of their mediocre boyfriends … cool!
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Why settle for a partner who is mediocre when someone better is just a swipe away?
—Judd B. Kessler, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediocre
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To be sure, that was a decent salary back then, and would be equivalent to roughly $114,000 today.—
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On Wednesday, the Tigers earned a commitment from former Mississippi State offensive lineman Luke Work, who has decent experience at every position along the offensive line except center.—
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Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.—
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In recent games, KU’s communication has been pretty poor on defense and that’s led to players taking (and too often missing) wide-open 3-pointers.—
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But the Outback is satisfactory in both categories.—
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Storage Solutions Just one simple medicine cabinet in the bathroom is no longer satisfactory for today's homebuyers, who crave an abundance of storage.—
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The groundbreaking research penetrated the last moments of the young nobleman, who suffered a terrible 26 blows.—
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History is full of cases where great bands make terrible records, yet history stands speechless at what the Clash accomplished here.—
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His return would yield middling results — the Dolphins went 5-4 but lost key matchups to the Green Bay Packers and Houston Texans — before he once again was injured, this time with a hip.—
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The results nationally, however, are middling.—
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Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China have designed a new sodium-sulfur battery with higher power density and discharge capacity than before, enabling a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium-ion batteries.—
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Fentanyl is cheap, compact, and lethal at microscopic doses, produced through decentralized networks designed to survive disruption.—
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Filming the stairs and seeing the response affirmed that her experience was, in fact, out of the ordinary.—
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That means ordinary users cannot easily guess when Gen AI is reliable.—
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The Heat had beat up on inferior opponents this season before Saturday’s ugly loss to the Pacers.—
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The result is an inferior copy of the original.—
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“Mediocre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediocre. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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