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   mediocrity

   /ˌmiːdɪˈɒkrɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the quality or state of being mediocre: "the team suddenly came good after years of mediocrity" Similar ordinarinesscommonplacenesslack of inspirationpassablenessadequacyindifferenceinferiorityamateurismamateurishnessOpposite excellence
   • ▪ a person of mediocre ability: "a brilliant woman surrounded by mediocrities" Similar nonentitynobodynothinglightweightciphersecond-rateramateurinformal:no-hopernon-starterOpposite star

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   What does mediocrity mean?

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   What does mediocre mean?

   • The word, when used as an adjective, has changed very little, if at all, in its meaning since it was used in a 1586 book titled The English Secretorie (our earliest known evidence): “Mediocre, a meane betwixt high and low, vehement and slender, too much and too little as we saye. . . .”

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   Is mediocrity more expensive than quality?

   • Everyone knows that mediocrity is far more costly, in the long term, than quality. In other words, you have rejected responsibility in favour of solidarity, and you have dismissed solidarity in favour of greed, mediocrity and accounting. Surely it is not the standardisation of mediocrity but the inequality of individuality which makes for progress.

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   What is a mediocre person?

   • 1. the state or quality of being mediocre. 2. mediocre ability or accomplishment. 3. a mediocre person. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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   The noun mediocrity means the quality of being average or ordinary. You can't be great at everything — in some areas, we all fall into mediocrity.

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