Mediocre
adjective
Not very good, just average or below average.
The movie was mediocre and not worth the price of the ticket.
Often appears as...
- mediocre performance
- mediocre results
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Disapproving
adjective
Without special quality or interest.
She had a mediocre time at the party.
Often appears as...
- mediocre party
- mediocre time
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Disapproving
adjective
Fairly or moderately good.
His playing skills are mediocre at best.
Often appears as...
- mediocre skills
- mediocre at best
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Negative
adjective
Not very good, just average or below average.
The movie was mediocre and not worth the price of the ticket.
Often appears as...
- mediocre performance
- mediocre results
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Disapproving
adjective
Without special quality or interest.
She had a mediocre time at the party.
Often appears as...
- mediocre party
- mediocre time
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Disapproving
adjective
Fairly or moderately good.
His playing skills are mediocre at best.
Often appears as...
- mediocre skills
- mediocre at best
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Negative
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Pro Tip 1/3Express Disappointment
Use 'mediocre' to express disappointment in something that didn't meet expectations.
Considering his reputation, the chef's dish was surprisingly mediocre.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Worthwhile
Imply something is not worth time, money, or effort by calling it mediocre.
I left the mediocre workshop feeling like I wasted my afternoon.
Pro Tip 3/3Compare Below Average
When something is below what's typical, use 'mediocre' to compare.
Among a talented cast, his acting seemed mediocre.
Pro Tip 1/3Express Disappointment
Use 'mediocre' to express disappointment in something that didn't meet expectations.
Considering his reputation, the chef's dish was surprisingly mediocre.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Worthwhile
Imply something is not worth time, money, or effort by calling it mediocre.
I left the mediocre workshop feeling like I wasted my afternoon.
Pro Tip 3/3Compare Below Average
When something is below what's typical, use 'mediocre' to compare.
Among a talented cast, his acting seemed mediocre.
Pro Tip 1/3Express Disappointment
Use 'mediocre' to express disappointment in something that didn't meet expectations.
Considering his reputation, the chef's dish was surprisingly mediocre.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Worthwhile
Imply something is not worth time, money, or effort by calling it mediocre.
I left the mediocre workshop feeling like I wasted my afternoon.
Pro Tip 3/3Compare Below Average
When something is below what's typical, use 'mediocre' to compare.
Among a talented cast, his acting seemed mediocre.
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Charles Anderson...
But it really hasn't been studied very much. It's a rather mediocre looking dragonfly. If you're going to study dragonflies, you want to study those really bright beautiful ones, like that red one. Or the really rare ones, the endemic endangered ones. This is, it seems a bit dull you know. It's sort of dull-colored. And it's fairly common.
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The art of creating awe...
of the movie and you know the the weight of achieving it was simply take a model throw it out of a helicopter and shoot it and that's simply what I did that's me shooting and I'm a fairly mediocre operator so I got that nice sense of verisimilitude of a kind of you know following the rocket all the way down
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Why does the universe...
So I think living in a generic reality that's mediocre, there are nasty bits and nice bits and we could make the nice bits bigger and the nasty bits smaller and that gives us a kind of purpose in life. The universe is absurd,
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How to stop swiping and...
Which means I went camping solo in Maine for a week, to do a retro on my track record of mediocre relationships. Because the thing was, I knew what I wanted in a partner. Kindness, curiosity, empathy, a sense of purpose.
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Beware, fellow...
can't even multiple homes, a yacht, my own plane, etc., etc., etc. But let's be I am not the smartest person you've ever met. I am certainly not the hardest working. I was a mediocre student. I'm not technical at all.
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Christine Carter: The...
So try doing one better-than-nothing behavior. See how it goes. The goal, remember, is repetition, not high achievement. So let yourself be mediocre at whatever you're trying to do,
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Bridges should be...
Bridges -- beauty enriches life. Doesn't it? It enhances our well-being. Ugliness and mediocrity does exactly the opposite. And if we go on building mediocre, ugly environments --
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How we can turn the tide...
clean air, healthier food, beautiful forests and oceans bursting with life. So, you know, solving the climate crisis isn't about sacrificing and settling for a mediocre future,
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East vs west -- the...
who rolls a rock up a mountain all day only to find the boulder rolled down at night. Don't live a life which is monotonous, mediocre, meaningless. Be spectacular! --
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Meet the Underwater...
mediocre as these birds are at landing that's how spectacular they are underwater with their short flipper like wings the mirrors can plummet to a depth of
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Charles Anderson...
But it really hasn't been studied very much. It's a rather mediocre looking dragonfly. If you're going to study dragonflies, you want to study those really bright beautiful ones, like that red one. Or the really rare ones, the endemic endangered ones. This is, it seems a bit dull you know. It's sort of dull-colored. And it's fairly common.
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The art of creating awe...
of the movie and you know the the weight of achieving it was simply take a model throw it out of a helicopter and shoot it and that's simply what I did that's me shooting and I'm a fairly mediocre operator so I got that nice sense of verisimilitude of a kind of you know following the rocket all the way down
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Why does the universe...
So I think living in a generic reality that's mediocre, there are nasty bits and nice bits and we could make the nice bits bigger and the nasty bits smaller and that gives us a kind of purpose in life. The universe is absurd,
Video examples
How to stop swiping and...
Which means I went camping solo in Maine for a week, to do a retro on my track record of mediocre relationships. Because the thing was, I knew what I wanted in a partner. Kindness, curiosity, empathy, a sense of purpose.
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Beware, fellow...
can't even multiple homes, a yacht, my own plane, etc., etc., etc. But let's be I am not the smartest person you've ever met. I am certainly not the hardest working. I was a mediocre student. I'm not technical at all.
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Christine Carter: The...
So try doing one better-than-nothing behavior. See how it goes. The goal, remember, is repetition, not high achievement. So let yourself be mediocre at whatever you're trying to do,
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Bridges should be...
Bridges -- beauty enriches life. Doesn't it? It enhances our well-being. Ugliness and mediocrity does exactly the opposite. And if we go on building mediocre, ugly environments --
Video examples
How we can turn the tide...
clean air, healthier food, beautiful forests and oceans bursting with life. So, you know, solving the climate crisis isn't about sacrificing and settling for a mediocre future,
Video examples
East vs west -- the...
who rolls a rock up a mountain all day only to find the boulder rolled down at night. Don't live a life which is monotonous, mediocre, meaningless. Be spectacular! --
Video examples
Meet the Underwater...
mediocre as these birds are at landing that's how spectacular they are underwater with their short flipper like wings the mirrors can plummet to a depth of
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Gary Weiss
American Journalist
There are a lot worse things you can do with all your bucks than giving them to even a mediocre mutual fund - such as, for example, giving them to a mediocre hedge fund. If supporting the lifestyle of a mediocre fund manager is your favorite charity, who am I to stop you?
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Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
Of course there is no denying the possible pleasure of holing up with a fat, slow-moving, mediocre novel; still, we all know that we can indulge ourselves in that fashion only so much. In the end, we read not for reading's sake, but to learn.
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Raymond Queneau
French Poet
Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything.
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Robert Christgau
American Journalist
What helps change bad writing into mediocre writing is editing. Editing is in bad shape in print journalism, and is in virtually nonexistent shape in online journalism.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
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Jill Robinson
There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with. Love shouldn't be one of them. Anything less than extraordinary is a waste of my time.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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Willie Robertson
American Celebrity
You don't set off in life to be mediocre. At least, I don't.
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Lily Tomlin
American Actress
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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Johnny Iuzzini
American Chef
The biggest fear in my life is being mediocre.
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Gary Weiss
American Journalist
There are a lot worse things you can do with all your bucks than giving them to even a mediocre mutual fund - such as, for example, giving them to a mediocre hedge fund. If supporting the lifestyle of a mediocre fund manager is your favorite charity, who am I to stop you?
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Joseph Brodsky
American Poet
Of course there is no denying the possible pleasure of holing up with a fat, slow-moving, mediocre novel; still, we all know that we can indulge ourselves in that fashion only so much. In the end, we read not for reading's sake, but to learn.
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Raymond Queneau
French Poet
Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything.
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Robert Christgau
American Journalist
What helps change bad writing into mediocre writing is editing. Editing is in bad shape in print journalism, and is in virtually nonexistent shape in online journalism.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
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Jill Robinson
There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with. Love shouldn't be one of them. Anything less than extraordinary is a waste of my time.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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Willie Robertson
American Celebrity
You don't set off in life to be mediocre. At least, I don't.
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Lily Tomlin
American Actress
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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Johnny Iuzzini
American Chef
The biggest fear in my life is being mediocre.
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