释义
[ mee-dee-oh -ker ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌmi diˈoʊ kər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive.
not satisfactory; poor; inferior: Mediocre construction makes that building dangerous.
Origin of mediocre First recorded in 1580–90; from Middle French, from Latin mediocris “in a middle state,” literally, “at middle height,” equivalent to medi(us) “center, middle” + Old Latin ocris “rugged mountain,” cognate with Greek ókris, akin to ákros “apex”; compare Umbrian ocar “hill, citadel”; see origin at mid1
SYNONYMS FOR mediocre 1 undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill.
2 meager, low-quality, second-rate; so-so.
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ANTONYMS FOR mediocre 1 extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
2 excellent, superior.
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OTHER WORDS FROM mediocre sub·me·di·o·cre, adjective su·per·me·di·o·cre, adjective Words nearby mediocre Medill, medina, medio-, mediocarpal, mediocracy, mediocre , mediocris, mediocrity, mediodorsal, mediolateral, medionecrosis
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Example sentences from the Web for mediocre To call them mediocre , uninspiring, and stale would be overly generous.
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One will not know until the next round—the quarterfinals—when this mediocre Brazil team will once again flirt with defeat.
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And this widening and immoral disparity surely may drag down our national numbers from the mediocre to the bad.
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It might have been the desk of any mediocre man; yet on that desk lay the future of a people and the history of a world.
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He was not a profound lawyer, however, and hardly the equal of the most mediocre trial lawyer in the examination of witnesses.
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Never praise heartily, that is the sign of an intelligence not mediocre .
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Quitman, who deserved high respect, appeared to him unreliable, of mediocre ability and afflicted with unbounded vanity.
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My frog brochure meets that difficulty and whets the appetite of the most mediocre .
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British Dictionary definitions for mediocre / (ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə , ˈmiːdɪˌəʊkə ) /
adjective often derogatory average or ordinary in quality a mediocre book
Word Origin for mediocre C16: via French from Latin mediocris moderate, literally: halfway up the mountain, from medius middle + ocris stony mountain
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Words related to mediocre decent, so-so, middling, undistinguished, uninspired, second-rate, ordinary, dull, inferior, colorless, common, conventional, fair, fair to middling, humdrum, indifferent, insignificant, intermediate, mainstream, mean