mediocre

(mē'dē-ō'kər)
adj.
Moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary. See synonyms at average.

[French médiocre, from Latin mediocris : medius, middle + ocris, a rugged mountain.]

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adjective

1. Being of no special quality or type: average, common, commonplace, cut-and-dried, formulaic, garden, garden-variety, indifferent, ordinary, plain, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, stock, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable. See good/bad, usual/unusual.
2. Of low or lower quality: common, inferior, low-grade, low-quality, mean², second-class, second-rate, shabby, substandard. See better/worse.

adj

Definition: average, commonplace
Antonyms: excellent, exceptional, extraordinary, inferior, superior, unusual

IN BRIEF: Not good enough. Also: Not outstanding.

Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds. — Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

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• Ordinary, Dull, Plain, or Banal

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - middelmådig, jævn, andenrangs

Nederlands (Dutch)
middelmatig

Français (French)
adj. - médiocre

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mittelmäßig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μέτριος, μέσος, της αράδας

Italiano (Italian)
mediocre

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - medíocre

Русский (Russian)
посредственный, бездарный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - mediocre, mediano

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - medioker

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不好不坏的, 平凡的, 中等的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不好不壞的, 平凡的, 中等的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 일반적인, 뒤진

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 良くも悪くもない, 凡庸な, 普通の, 平凡な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) دون المتوسط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בינוני, סוג ב'‬

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