Synonyms for mediocrity
ˌmi diˈɒk rɪ timedi·ocrity

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1. mediocrity

   Synonyms:
   mean, commonplace, medium, average, sufficiency

   Antonyms:
   excellence, superiority, rarity, brilliance, distinction

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1. averageness, mediocritynoun

   ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding

   Synonyms:
   second-rater, averageness

2. second-rater, mediocritynoun

   a person of second-rate ability or value

   "a team of aging second-raters"; "shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him"

   Synonyms:
   second-rater, averageness

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1. • Ordinariness

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1. mediocritynoun

   Synonyms:
   inferiority, moderate degree, middle state

2. mediocritynoun

   Synonyms:
   average, average standard, medial standard

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1. mediocritynoun

   Synonyms:
   commonplaceness, indifference, middle state

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1. List of paraphrases for "mediocrity":

   dung

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How to use mediocrity in a sentence?

1. Fred Allen:

   Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making.

2. Harriet Beecher Stowe:

   One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very great, very heroic; or if not that, then at least very stylish and very fashionable. It is this everlasting mediocrity that bores me.

3. Charles Ives:

   Awards are merely the badges of mediocrity.

4. Scott Alexander, film writer and director:

   All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying,losing, cheating, and mediocrity are easy. Stay away from easy.

5. Nelson Boswell:

   The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake...