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mediocrity

(miːdiɒkrɪti, med-)
Word forms: plural mediocrities
1. uncountable noun
If you refer to the mediocrity of something, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be better.
[disapproval]
...the mediocrity of most contemporary literature.
Fashion today is sloppy mediocrity.
Synonyms: insignificance, indifference, inferiority, meanness More Synonyms of mediocrity
2. countable noun
If you refer to someone as a mediocrity, you think that they are not very good at what they do.
[disapproval]
Surrounded by mediocrities, he can seem a towering intellectual.
Synonyms: nonentity, nobody, lightweight [informal], second-rater More Synonyms of mediocrity

mediocrity in British English

(ˌmiːdɪˈɒkrɪtɪ, ˌmɛd-)
nounWord forms: plural -ties
1. 
the state or quality of being mediocre
2. 
a mediocre person or thing

mediocrity in American English

(ˌmidiˈɑkrəti)
nounWord forms: plural ˌmediˈocrities
1. 
the quality or state of being mediocre
2. 
mediocre ability or attainment
3. 
a person of mediocre abilities or attainments
Word origin
Fr médiocrité < L mediocritas

Examples of 'mediocrity' in a sentence
mediocrity

And they accept that mediocrity is good enough.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
No, mediocrity is not good enough.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
And you could argue that the team seemed pleased with mediocrity.
The Sun (2013)
There is a genuine issue about how far a ceiling on pay might merely encourage mediocrity.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There is far too much mediocrity in this squad.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The alternative is to accept mediocrity and find excuses for failure.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The majority of players are more familiar with failure and mediocrity than brilliance.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Instead they encourage mediocrity to flourish and this is now the third consecutive pitch upon which any cutting edge has been blunted.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Those who have the inner drive don't accept mediocrity.
The Sun (2009)
Reading's season is a story of people unwilling to accept mediocrity.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
By that stage the relative comfort of mid-table mediocrity could easily have turned into another grim relegation battle.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Yet the long and short of it is mid-table mediocrity is the best these two can hope for this season.
The Sun (2011)
A second lesson about the difference between sustained success and mediocrity or perpetual failure is that winning is boring.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Too many people accept mediocrity.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They face the Hammers today with mid-table mediocrity beckoning once more.
The Sun (2007)
Next season Must aim for dizzy heights of mid-table mediocrity next season.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Many will quietly admit they prefer a hair-raising flirt with relegation to mid-table mediocrity.
The Sun (2010)
We've gone out and proved we don't want to accept mediocrity any more.
The Sun (2008)
It was the rebel that you most loved, the belligerence that couldn't accept mediocrity.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It left the Blues with only one win in their last ten matches as they settle for mid-table mediocrity.
The Sun (2016)
He was delighted had edged away from danger zone since he over in November and now safely wallowing mid-table mediocrity.
The Sun (2007)

Quotations

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes geniusSir Arthur Conan DoyleThe Valley of Fear

In other languages
mediocrity

British English: mediocrity NOUN
If you refer to the mediocrity of something, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be better.
...the mediocrity of most contemporary literature.
  • American English: mediocrity
  • Brazilian Portuguese: mediocridade
  • Chinese: 平庸
  • European Spanish: mediocridad
  • French: médiocrité
  • German: Mittelmäßigkeit
  • Italian: mediocrità
  • Japanese: 月並みさ
  • Korean: 평범함
  • European Portuguese: mediocridade
  • Latin American Spanish: mediocridad

1 (noun) 
She lamented the mediocrity of contemporary literature.
Synonyms
insignificance
The event was regarded as of total insignificance.
indifference
They regard dress as a matter of indifference.
inferiority
meanness
the meanness of our surroundings
ordinariness
unimportance
poorness
2 (noun) 
Surrounded by mediocrities, she seemed a towering intellectual.
Synonyms
nonentity
She was written off after that as a political nonentity.
nobody
A man in my position has nothing to fear from a nobody like you.
lightweight (informal)
second-rater
cipher
They were little more than ciphers who faithfully carried out their master's commands.
non-person

Quotation

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – The Valley of Fear]

Additional synonyms

in the sense of cipher
Definition
a person or thing of no importance
They were little more than ciphers who faithfully carried out their master's commands.
Synonyms
nobody,
nonentity,
non-person
in the sense of indifference
Definition
lack of importance
They regard dress as a matter of indifference.
Synonyms
irrelevance,
insignificance,
triviality,
unimportance
in the sense of inferiority
Synonyms
inadequacy,
deficiency,
mediocrity,
imperfection,
insignificance,
meanness,
badness,
worthlessness,
unimportance,
shoddiness

Nearby words of
mediocrity

  • medicine
  • medieval
  • mediocre
  • mediocrity
  • meditate
  • meditate on something
  • meditation

Synonyms of 'mediocrity'

mediocrity

Explore 'mediocrity' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of meanness
the meanness of our surroundings
Synonyms
shabbiness,
squalor,
insignificance,
pettiness,
wretchedness,
seediness,
tawdriness,
sordidness,
scruffiness,
humbleness,
poorness,
paltriness,
beggarliness,
contemptibleness
in the sense of nobody
Definition
a person of no importance
A man in my position has nothing to fear from a nobody like you.
Synonyms
nonentity,
nothing (informal),
lightweight (informal),
non-person,
zero,
no-mark (British, slang, old-fashioned),
cipher,
menial
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