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English Dictionary: mediocre by the DICT Development Group
3 results for mediocre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mediocre
adj
  1. moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"
    Synonym(s): mediocre, second-rate
  2. lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"
    Synonym(s): average, fair, mediocre, middling
  3. poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mediocre \Me"di*o`cre\, a. [F. m[82]diocre, L. mediocris, fr.
      medius middle. See {Mid}.]
      Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of
      excellence; indifferent; ordinary. [bd] A very mediocre
      poet.[b8] --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mediocre \Me"di*o`cre\, n.
      1. A mediocre person. [R.]
  
      2. A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of
            a monk's duties. --Shipley.
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