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mediocre
adjective
1 mediocre
Moderate to inferior in quality:
— They improved the quality from mediocre to above average.
synonym: second-rate.
2 mediocre
Lacking exceptional quality or ability:
— The caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average.
synonyms: average, fair, middling.
Roget 643:
unimportant;
of little account,
of small account,
of no account,
of little importance,
of no importance
etc.
642;
immaterial;
unessential,
nonessential;
indifferent.
subordinate
etc.
(inferior)
34;
mediocre
etc.
(average)
29;
passable,
fair,
respectable,
tolerable,
commonplace;
uneventful,
mere,
common;
ordinary
etc.
(habitual)
613;
inconsiderable,
so-so,
insignificant,
inappreciable.
trifling,
trivial;
slight,
slender,
light,
flimsy,
frothy,
idle;
puerile
etc.
(foolish)
499;
airy,
shallow;
weak
etc.
160;
powerless
etc.
158;
frivolous,
petty,
niggling;
piddling,
peddling;
fribble†,
inane,
ridiculous,
farcical;
finical,
finikin†;
fiddle-faddle,
fingle-fangle†,
namby-pamby,
wishy-washy,
milk and water.
poor,
paltry,
pitiful;
contemptible
etc.
(contempt)
930;
sorry,
mean,
meager,
shabby,
miserable,
wretched,
vile,
scrubby,
scrannel†,
weedy,
niggardly,
scurvy,
putid†,
beggarly,
worthless,
twopennyhalfpenny,
cheap,
trashy,
catchpenny,
gimcrack,
trumpery;
one-horse [U.S.].
not worth the pains,
not worth while,
not worth mentioning,
not worth speaking of,
not worth a thought,
not worth a curse,
not worth a straw
etc.
n.;
beneath notice,
unworthy of notice,
beneath regard,
unworthy of regard,
beneath consideration,
unworthy of consideration;
de lana caprina [It];
vain
etc.
(useless)
645.
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Roget 651:
imperfect;
not perfect
etc.
650;
deficient,
defective;
faulty,
unsound,
tainted;
out of order,
out of tune;
cracked,
leaky;
sprung;
warped
etc.
(distort)
243;
lame;
injured
etc.
(deteriorated)
659;
peccant
etc.
(bad)
649;
frail
etc.
(weak)
160;
inadequate
etc.
(insufficient)
640;
crude
etc.
(unprepared)
674;
incomplete
etc.
53;
found wanting;
below par;
short-handed;
below its full strength,
under its full strength,
below its full complement.
indifferent,
middling,
ordinary,
mediocre;
average
etc.
29;
so-so;
coucicouci,
milk and water;
tolerable,
fair,
passable;
pretty well,
pretty good;
rather good,
moderately good;
good;
good enough,
well enough,
adequate;
decent;
not bad,
not amiss;
inobjectionable†,
unobjectionable,
admissible,
bearable,
only better than nothing.
secondary,
inferior;
second-rate,
second-best;
one-horse [U.S.].
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Roget 29:
mean,
intermediate;
middle
etc.
68;
average;
neutral.
mediocre,
middle-class;
commonplace
etc.
(unimportant)
643.
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3 mediocre
Poor to middling in quality.
Polish: pośledni, podrzędny
Moby thesaurus: adulterated, amidships, artless, average, bad, banal, base, betwixt and between, blemished, central, common, commonplace, core, damaged, defective, deficient, dull, equatorial, equidistant, erroneous, everyday, fair, fair to middling, fairish, fallible, faulty, found wanting, garden-variety, half-assed, halfway, immature, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impure, inaccurate, inadept, inadequate, inapt, inattentive, incompetent, incomplete, indifferent, inefficient, inept, inexact, inexpert, inferior, insipid, insufficient, interior, intermediary, intermediate, lacking, lackluster, little, makeshift, maladroit, mean, medial, median, mediterranean, medium, mesial, mezzo, mid, middle, middle-of-the-road, middlemost, middling, midland, midmost, midships, midway, mixed, moderate, modest, namby-pamby, no great shakes, normal, not bad, not comparable, not in it, not perfect, nuclear, of a kind, of a sort, of sorts, off, ordinary, out of it, partial, passable, patchy, pedestrian, petty, poor, respectable, routine, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, shabby, short, sketchy, skill-less, small, so so, so-so, standard, tedious, third-rate, thoughtless, tolerable, trivial, unapt, undeft, undeveloped, undexterous, undextrous, undistinguished, uneven, unexceptional, unfacile, unfinished, unimaginative, uninspired, unintelligent, unperfected, unproficient, unskillful, unsound, unthorough, usual, vapid, wanting, wishy-washy ... show more.
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