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. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:

   Mediocrity does not see higher than itself. But talent instantly recognizes the genius.

2. Conan Doyle:

   Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

3. Bill Hemmer:

   If you're from Cincinnati, you don't shop for another team. You get what you get. And what we've gotten is mediocrity for 30 years, we stay true and loyal through it all and hopefully this time faith will be rewarded.

4. Chateaubriand:

   What importance can we attach to the things of this world? Friendship? It disappears when the one who is liked comes to grief, or the one who likes becomes powerful. Love? it is deceived, fleeting, or guilty. Fame? You share it with mediocrity or crime. Fortune? Could that frivolity be counted a blessing? All that remains are those so-called happy days that flow past unnoticed in the obscurity of domestic cares, leaving man with the desire neither to lose his life nor to begin it over.

5. Vanna Bonta:

   Mediocrity inspires neither great love nor hate.