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Synonyms for mediocre

Grammar : Adj
Spell : mee-dee-oh-ker
Phonetic Transcription : ˌmi diˈoʊ kər

Top 10 synonyms for mediocre
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Définition of mediocre

Origin :
  • 1580s, from Middle French médiocre (16c.), from Latin mediocris "of middling height or state, moderate, ordinary," figuratively "mediocre, mean, inferior," originally "halfway up a mountain," from medius "middle" (see medial (adj.)) + ocris "jagged mountain" (cf. Greek okris "peak, point," Welsh ochr "corner, border," Latin acer "sharp;" see acrid). As a noun, "medicore thing or person," by 1834.
  • adj average, commonplace
Example sentences :
  • Verloc, whose affair the police has managed to smother so nicely, was mediocre.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • As for me, I was as mediocre as the play itself, which is saying a great deal.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • The picture of perfection itself is cold, negative, and mediocre.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • He must be obscure, insignificant and mediocre—in thought, act, speech and sympathy.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • Very good for mediocre people, I dare say; but it wouldn't suit me.
  • Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida
  • He no longer perceives the defects of his work—does not know that it is mediocre or bad.
  • Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio
  • He lifted them out of the mediocre; gave them standing and personality.
  • Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney
  • I'm only sorry that a man who might be brilliant is content to be mediocre because of his prejudices.
  • Extract from : « The Rhodesian » by Gertrude Page
  • Assuredly, Didymus of Alexandria is no mediocre philosopher.
  • Extract from : « Notre-Dame de Paris » by Victor Hugo
  • It was a radiation of genius, humbling every mediocre mortal it touched.
  • Extract from : « Tarrano the Conqueror » by Raymond King Cummings

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