1
as in decent
of average to below average quality
your grades are mediocre and barely acceptable
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as in poor
of low quality
mediocre carvings in a pseudo-African style that are sold to tourists
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Recent Examples of mediocre
McLaren had a slightly less mediocre time, finishing fourth (Oscar Piastri) and seventh (Lando Norris), with Isack Hadjar’s Red Bull in sixth.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2026
Letting go of such jewelry is like settling for mediocre self-expression.
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Tessa Cooper,
Southern Living,
28 June 2026
Supergirl, a spinoff of 2025’s sub-mediocre Superman reboot, may have been conceived to rev us up.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
26 June 2026
The Luc Robitaille era has now spanned nine seasons, six head coaches and two GMs while producing zero playoff series victories, placing the Kings in an unenviable position to have a less-than-robust pipeline feeding an aging, mediocre roster.
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Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
25 June 2026
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Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2026
Letting go of such jewelry is like settling for mediocre self-expression.
—
Tessa Cooper,
Southern Living,
28 June 2026
Supergirl, a spinoff of 2025’s sub-mediocre Superman reboot, may have been conceived to rev us up.
—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
26 June 2026
The Luc Robitaille era has now spanned nine seasons, six head coaches and two GMs while producing zero playoff series victories, placing the Kings in an unenviable position to have a less-than-robust pipeline feeding an aging, mediocre roster.
—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediocre
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Find a quiet gate, buy a decent coffee, use your noise-canceling headphones.
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Rear-seat passengers get decent legroom and the cargo area is practical enough for road trips, shopping runs or airport duty.
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Because of that, these hands suffer from high production costs, poor durability against impacts, short operational lifespans, and there are no existing solutions that engineers can readily draw upon, Wang added.
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The extreme heat can also affect people who are physically ill, especially those with heart disease or high blood pressure, or who take certain medications, such as for depression, insomnia, or poor circulation.
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Kelley said the company believed the existing easement was satisfactory and wasn’t told otherwise until after investing years of work on he project.
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For writing, editing, spreadsheets, email, and web browsing, performance proved entirely satisfactory.
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Thank you to everyone who read or contributed to this column over the years, who reached out to me with story ideas or tips, or complimented my terrible artwork.
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Visitors will see his Rough Riders uniform; the 1884 diary grieving his terrible loss; and the eyeglasses case, speech and shirt from the 1912 assassination attempt against him.
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Eking out a win, even a middling one, the studio chose its cut as the one to go into theaters.
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The 29-year-old Canale only broke into the national team squad in March after a middling career.
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Microchips are relatively cheap and are required for every pet in Los Angeles County over 4 months old.
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Prove Your Claims With Evidence In a market flooded with AI capabilities, claims are cheap, and every launch sounds the same.
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Lander also backs an ultra-wealth tax on individuals worth over $1 billion, as well as the Equal Tax Act, which matches tax rates for capital gains and ordinary income over $1 million.
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In 2022 long-term acute care hospitals accounted for 56 percent of screening detections and ordinary acute care hospitals for 25; by 2024 the proportions had inverted, to 36 and 51.
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More broadly, the idea that White players are inherently inferior no longer matches reality.
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This is because Austria would have remained on three points but with an inferior goal difference to Iran in the third-place standings (minus one to zero).
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“Mediocre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediocre. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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