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as in normality
the quality or state of being mediocre
She's a perfectionist who refuses to settle for mediocrity.
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as in nothing
a person of little fame
He surrounded himself with mediocrities to appear more notable by comparison.
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Recent Examples of mediocrity
The Dolphins seem headed for mediocrity once again, and that’s why Dolphins fans are understandably frustrated.
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Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
This past week both teams looked like nothing more than overpriced mediocrities at a time when all the reinforcements were supposed to have turned things around for both of them.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
After seasons of mediocrity, a notoriously terrible finale, several years off the air, a disappointing reboot, and a deeply mid prequel, Dexter finally delivered a top-tier hour of television again.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 25 July 2025
If the Rockies aspire to mediocrity in five years, then this move makes sense.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
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Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
This past week both teams looked like nothing more than overpriced mediocrities at a time when all the reinforcements were supposed to have turned things around for both of them.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
After seasons of mediocrity, a notoriously terrible finale, several years off the air, a disappointing reboot, and a deeply mid prequel, Dexter finally delivered a top-tier hour of television again.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 25 July 2025
If the Rockies aspire to mediocrity in five years, then this move makes sense.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediocrity
Noun
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Omar’s office is characterized by pristine normality — with its glass walls and desktop computers, its phones and its headsets.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
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The community responds exactly how they’re supposed to respond, based on their perception of reality, their environmental normality, their foundational roots, and frameworks around family and community.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
30 Aug. 2025
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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But nothings more peaceful than tomorrow to a man going through pain today.—
Becca Longmire,
Peoplemag,
22 Feb. 2024
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The AfD became Germany’s second most popular party in federal elections earlier this year, reflecting a precipitous rise from obscurity since its founding in 2013.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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His journey from Cleveland Heights, Ohio to eventually Canton, Ohio — from obscurity to international fame and a romance woven into American culture — came thisclose to never happening.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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Safety assessments were missing for most treatments, with less than half of CAIMs having had any evaluation of the acceptability, tolerability or adverse events.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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From my perspective, the real measure of acceptability isn't whether AI assisted in the process, but whether the final output demonstrates sound reasoning, originality and accuracy.—
Morey Haber,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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These plants are adapted to the specific soils, climate and other local conditions of their region and support the local food web, providing habitat for native wildlife, pollinators and insects.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Sep. 2025
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The disease spreads through triatomine insect bites, per UCLA Health.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Vex can use that energy to empower herself, or channel it to conjure deadly minions that fight alongside her.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Later in the season, Ellie — now trying to hunt down Abby to deliver the same fate to her — brutally kills Nora, one of Abby's minions.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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There is something about that ordinariness that is extraordinary.—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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More importantly, the narrative explores both sides of the conflict from the POV of grunts and 'nobodies' trying to navigate the post-Civil War state of the galaxy before the fighting stops.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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None of these nobodies is performing like Grimes just yet, and until someone does Grier better get active trying to find a handful of veteran cornerbacks whom this team can call on, and sign to patch up the weakest unit on the team.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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“Mediocrity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediocrity. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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