1
as in decent
of average to below average quality
your grades are mediocre and barely acceptable
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as in poor
of low quality
mediocre carvings in a pseudo-African style that are sold to tourists
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Recent Examples of mediocre
The display also had mediocre color accuracy, with reds that verge on orange, plus a noticeable stage lighting backlight bleed from the hinge.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Proper storage can mean the difference between a great tasting cup of coffee and a mediocre or even bad tasting cup of joe.
—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
Faced with ballooning per-pupil spending and mediocre results, Mamdani has demonstrated only the barest interest in school-budget cuts.
—Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Raridon is a bet that his astounding athletic traits will overcome mediocre college production (zero touchdowns a year ago and just 623 yards in 40 games).
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Proper storage can mean the difference between a great tasting cup of coffee and a mediocre or even bad tasting cup of joe.
—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
Faced with ballooning per-pupil spending and mediocre results, Mamdani has demonstrated only the barest interest in school-budget cuts.
—Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Raridon is a bet that his astounding athletic traits will overcome mediocre college production (zero touchdowns a year ago and just 623 yards in 40 games).
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediocre
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England, in theory, have players who can offer a decent facsimile of this (Elliot Anderson and Ezri Konsa, in particular), but Tuchel seems inclined to build his England squad around striker and captain Harry Kane over anyone else.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Madrid has failed to win a single major honor since Mbappé arrived at the club, and despite having a decent season based on statistics, there are calls from some Madrid fans to sell their star man.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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Harper opened a small dance studio, on Forty-sixth Street; business was poor until Bradley was hired and revamped Delroy’s act.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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Still vehicle electronics can be damaged from reverse polarity, poor or wrong connection points or voltage spikes from improper equipment.—
Hartford Courant,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier subpoenaed the NFL on Wednesday after the league failed to provide a satisfactory response to the Republican official’s concerns about diversity hiring practices.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
13 May 2026
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And the Anza-Borrego Foundation that opposes the power line going through any portion of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park told the Union-Tribune that undergrounding the line within the park is not a satisfactory solution.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Residents describe ‘a terrible night’ More than 30 people were injured in the apartment building collapse, while emergency workers rescued 28 residents, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.—
Samya Kullab,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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And some were not kind to him on social media following the terrible first round.—
Dan Zaksheske OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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Indeed, The Hunting Party, about a team tasked with tracking down and capturing dangerous killers, has been a middling linear performer, holding onto a little over half of its SVU lead-in.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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Those might come in handy since what happened Friday night at Petco Park was more like what a team with a bottom-10 offense and a middling pitching staff could be expected to look like.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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The reason all of this is happening, probably more than any other, is that clipping is cheap.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Surprisingly the most expensive hairpiece so far has been Attenborough’s, which Fortune reveals was a hybrid of a cheap £20 ($26) wig at the back combined with tens of man-hours knotting individual strands of hair onto a lace front to create the centenarian’s familiar pate.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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By evening, the Aries Moon moves through your 9th House of Expansion, stirring adventure, passion, and plans that stretch beyond the ordinary.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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But there is a big difference between ordinary political competition and a coordinated national effort to purge state lawmakers for exercising independent judgment on a matter before their own legislature.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Husbands are also inferior house cleaners.—
Joe Salas
May 09,
New Atlas,
9 May 2026
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Though Rogers is Christian, his story of transformation from weakling to hero certainly spoke to young Jewish boys and men, who were often inaccurately portrayed in the media and press as intellectually superior but physically inferior.—
Miriam Eve Mora,
The Conversation,
7 May 2026
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“Mediocre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediocre. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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