How to Use mediocre in a Sentence

mediocre

adjective

• The carpenter did a mediocre job.
• The dinner was delicious, but the dessert was mediocre.
• The critics dismissed him as a mediocre actor.
• Why is there a mediocre goalie ranked so high?
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• The rest are mediocre at best, and gooey at worst.
  — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Mar. 2026
• To win, be mediocre at a bunch of things rather than great at any one.
  — James Breakwell, Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2018
• Franks made the huge play with his feet, but was mediocre for most of the night.
  — Mark Long, star-telegram, 14 Oct. 2017
• Most of the time the reward is mediocre.
  — Christopher Anderson, Vanity Fair, 27 Feb. 2026
• All for less than the cost of a mediocre airport meal for two.
  — Clint Carter, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
• The rest of them were… is mediocre unfair?
  — Matt Slater, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
• These rigid guidelines make way for mediocre things to be sold as crafts.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 1 Nov. 2019
• Mostly, the men of these tales are mediocre at best, abusers at worst.
  — Dexter Palmer, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
• Drove it well at the 1st hole and hit kind of a mediocre 7-iron.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 2 July 2023
• And even the stuff that’s mediocre, right, is good enough to keep me engaged.
  — Recode Staff, Recode, 2 Apr. 2018
• Through all my bulls---, through all my mediocre s---, the good s---, the bad s---, —all of it.
  — Marina Watts, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
• So what this is, and all this is, is a mediocre team that has taken a step back.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
• Cambridge has two great games, two good games and a long list of mediocre and poor games.
  — Giana Han, al, 9 Feb. 2020
• Can a mediocre first date turn into a great second date?
  — Sonya Gurwitt, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
• Allen has been the biggest bright spot on a mediocre defense.
  — Mark Long, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2019
• Even with those four players a year ago, the Colts were mediocre.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 7 Sep. 2017
• In a year when the movies are mediocre, there are always actors.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 9 Dec. 2022
• Many will no longer accept mediocre or sub-par service.
  — Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• The Cowboys are a mediocre team.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Dec. 2025
• In the past, many combos have had mediocre reels, built more to hold the fly line than to fight fish.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 30 May 2024
• But this group went from, in a lot of weight classes, very mediocre to high level.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2026
• Now, a shift to normal would mean a future that’s worse than mediocre, a lot worse.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2018
• In terms of music, even stuff that is more mediocre tends to be loved by at least somebody.
  — Dave Smith, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
• But Anon, sadly, is not even mediocre and Owen is lost in it.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 23 May 2018
• Amazon failed with its Fire phones, and the Fire tablets are mediocre.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 6 May 2018
• The once-mighty Cornhuskers are now a mediocre football team at best.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024