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mediocre

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adjective

  1. of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate:

    The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive.

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  2. not satisfactory; poor; inferior:

    Mediocre construction makes that building dangerous.

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mediocre

/ 藞mi藧d瑟藢蓹蕣k蓹; 藢mi藧d瑟藞蓹蕣k蓹 /

adjective

  1. derogatory.
    average or ordinary in quality

    a mediocre book

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mediocre1

First recorded in 1580鈥90; from Middle French, from Latin mediocris 鈥渋n a middle state,鈥 literally, 鈥渁t middle height,鈥 equivalent to medi(us) 鈥渃enter, middle鈥 + Old Latin ocris 鈥渞ugged mountain,鈥 cognate with Greek 贸办谤颈蝉, akin to 谩办谤辞蝉 鈥渁pex鈥; compare Umbrian ocar 鈥渉ill, citadel鈥; mid 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mediocre1

C16: via French from Latin mediocris moderate, literally: halfway up the mountain, from medius middle + ocris stony mountain
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"When you make an album in LA or London, everything is great, even if it's mediocre, because people want a hit out of it," he argues.

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In a recent interview, she described him as 鈥渁 lousy agent,鈥 鈥渁 terrible husband鈥 and 鈥渁 mediocre father,鈥 but said she did not harbor bitterness toward him.

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In other words, cheap things don鈥檛 last 鈥 you end up buying multiple mediocre things when you could have just bought the one expensive thing that lasts.

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Both men, possessing mediocre intelligence at best, no doubt resent it when those foreigners are far smarter or more accomplished than they will ever be.

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Is there a chance that a team so recently dubbed, 鈥渋nvincible鈥 and 鈥渦nbeatable鈥 is actually more like 鈥渕addening鈥 and 鈥渕ediocre?鈥

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