mediocreme‧di‧o‧cre /ˌmiːdiˈəʊkə◂ $ -ˈoʊkər◂/ adjective 
Word Origin
I thought the book was pretty mediocre. a mediocre student—mediocrity /ˌmiːdiˈɒkrəti $ -ˈɑːk-/ noun [uncountable]
Word OriginWORD ORIGINmediocre
ExamplesOrigin:
1500-1600 French, Latin mediocris ‘halfway up a mountain’, from medius ‘middle’ + ocris ‘stony mountain’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- mediocre songs
- The team gave another mediocre performance last night.
- The team is hoping to start winning again after last year's mediocre performance.
- Tourists crowd the gift shops to buy mediocre products at high prices.
- Appearances of being vicious, mindless, or mediocre can be deceptive, and the deception is often studied and rehearsed.
- But if you stash 90 % of your money in a savings account, your overall results will almost inevitably be mediocre.
- Food on some all-inclusive packages can, to put it bluntly, be mediocre.
- Indeed all sections of the exhibition struck me as exciting and thought-provoking with the exception of the ceramics section which is mediocre.
- The issues of validity and reliability are the twin pillars that prove research to be only mediocre or outstanding.
Longman Language Activatornot very bad, but not very good► not very good
not very good SYN second rate: especially spoken not good - use this when you are disappointed because you were expecting something better: · "What was the movie like?" "It was OK but the ending wasn't very good."· He's been learning English for five years, but his pronunciation isn't very good.
► mediocre something that is mediocre is of a lower standard than it should be, and does not show much quality or skill: · The team gave another mediocre performance last night.· Tourists crowd the gift shops to buy mediocre products at high prices.
► nothing special spoken not very bad, but not especially good: · "Was the food good?" "It was okay, but nothing special."· The town's nice, but the beach is nothing special.
► all right/OK, but ... spoken say this when you think that something is good in some ways but there are some bad parts of it too: · My grades were OK, but I thought I should have gotten an 'A' in chemistry.· The game was all right, but it wasn't worth what I paid to watch it.
► so-so informal not very good, but not very bad either: · "How is your meal?'' "So-so.''· The hotel was in a lovely location, but the facilities were only so-so.
► second rate/third rate not as good as other things of the same kind: · People are not willing to pay a lot of money for second-rate works of art.· All they could afford was a room in a second-rate hotel about a mile from the beach.
► not be up to scratch especially British something that is not up to scratch , is not as good as it should be: · The hotels and transport system in this city are not up to scratch at the moment.
► patchy a performance, piece of work etc that is patchy is good in some parts, but bad in others and in general is not good: · The film is patchy, despite one or two good performances.· Many department stores reported patchy sales over Christmas.
► lacklustre British /lackluster American: lacklustre performance not very bad, but not as good as was expected: · The corporation's profits increased dramatically this year, after a rather lacklustre performance last year.
I thought the book was pretty mediocre. a mediocre student—mediocrity /ˌmiːdiˈɒkrəti $ -ˈɑːk-/ noun [uncountable]