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.
• All for less than the cost of a mediocre airport meal for two.
  — Clint Carter, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
• Franks made the huge play with his feet, but was mediocre for most of the night.
  — Mark Long, star-telegram, 14 Oct. 2017
• To win, be mediocre at a bunch of things rather than great at any one.
  — James Breakwell, Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2018
• Also, the odds that their skill sets are mediocre goes up.
  — Isaac Cheifetz, Star Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
• Allen has been the biggest bright spot on a mediocre defense.
  — Mark Long, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2019
• Maybe liked it better than the potential of a guard who might be the best of a mediocre crop.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
• These rigid guidelines make way for mediocre things to be sold as crafts.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 1 Nov. 2019
• But he got hit for a couple of mediocre ones after that.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 16 Apr. 2023
• Mostly, the men of these tales are mediocre at best, abusers at worst.
  — Dexter Palmer, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
• In a year when the movies are mediocre, there are always actors.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 9 Dec. 2022
• And even the stuff that’s mediocre, right, is good enough to keep me engaged.
  — Recode Staff, Recode, 2 Apr. 2018
• Even with those four players a year ago, the Colts were mediocre.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 7 Sep. 2017
• Nobody is setting out to make a less than good or mediocre film.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 18 Jan. 2023
• But the hoops teams themselves have been mostly mediocre.
  — Bernie Wilson, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
• Cambridge has two great games, two good games and a long list of mediocre and poor games.
  — Giana Han, al, 9 Feb. 2020
• Mitch Trubisky was mediocre but didn’t turn the ball over.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2022
• Trust me there is no football fan out there that wants their team to have a mediocre season.
  — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
• This pass rush can take over a game against a mediocre or worse offensive line.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
• Are there more than six types of mediocre white feminism?
  — Aditi Natasha Kini, The Root, 15 Dec. 2017
• There’s a lot of very mediocre tools out there and a lot of consultants that promise quite a bit.
  — Olivia Goldhill, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2020
• Amazon failed with its Fire phones, and the Fire tablets are mediocre.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 6 May 2018
• The Blazers have done very well against mediocre and bad teams this season.
  — oregonlive, 25 Mar. 2021
• These guys aren’t so mediocre as everyone wants to make out.
  — Daniella Matar, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• America: just two more mediocre men who think they are destined to save the world.
  — Devin Gordon, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2020
• Drove it well at the 1st hole and hit kind of a mediocre 7-iron.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 2 July 2023
• Now, a shift to normal would mean a future that’s worse than mediocre, a lot worse.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2018
• Other than that, records have just fallen into the mediocre range.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 9 Mar. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024