1
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
Fans are keeping their fingers crossed that franchise icon Buster Posey, the team’s new president of baseball operations, can lead the Giants out of mediocrity.
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Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
After a decade of mediocrity or getting bounced out of the playoffs after one game, the roster and lack of depth have long been the subject of ridicule.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
In 1999, McCaskey made the bold decision to dismiss her son Michael from his role as Bears president and CEO and replace him with Ted Phillips, whose subsequent 24-season run was defined largely by on-field mediocrity.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
The cycle of mediocrity has created a new level of frustration.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2025
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Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
After a decade of mediocrity or getting bounced out of the playoffs after one game, the roster and lack of depth have long been the subject of ridicule.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
In 1999, McCaskey made the bold decision to dismiss her son Michael from his role as Bears president and CEO and replace him with Ted Phillips, whose subsequent 24-season run was defined largely by on-field mediocrity.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
The cycle of mediocrity has created a new level of frustration.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediocrity
Noun
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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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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2024
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Instead, the accomplishment faded into obscurity, unrecorded in our collective national memory.—
Cassidy Randall,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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Monica Barbaro The year’s other big discovery, who catapulted from obscurity to arguably the people’s favorite in Supporting Actress.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Those stems will be hidden by this year's blooms and remain as a possible home for bees and other helpful insects, which will emerge as temperatures rise.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
11 Mar. 2025
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What has spending years with insects on her mind meant to Harper?—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Tatlin scholarship is whispery on his time in Kyiv, for the excellent reason that Stalin’s minions torched most evidence of it.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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But the largest driving force behind the return-to-work mandates, suggest the early scholarship, is CEOs feeling lonely without minions.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
12 Feb. 2025
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While some men are jumping on board, the most popular of these creators—which range from nobodies doing voiceovers to far-right provocateurs like Candance Owens and Megyn Kelly—are women speaking to other women.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
14 Mar. 2025
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Those free passes were a frequent abuse of the law in the past, and low-profile corporate nobodies got away with them for years.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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Paying ransoms does not guarantee a return to normal business operations, and 35% of victims who paid a ransom, according to the in-house analysis of data, either did not receive decryption keys or received corrupted keys.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Authorities struggled to identify and process all of the victims.—
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16 Mar. 2025
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“Mediocrity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediocrity. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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