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Meanings of mediocrity in anglès

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mediocritat

Ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding.

mediocritat
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mediocre

A person of second-rate ability or value.

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Examples for "second-rater"
Examples for "second-rater"
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Which makes Margaret a second-rater compared with Nada, he added.
The Country Beyond: A Romance of the Wilderness
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Underneath, however, we see the seething anger of the second-rater who alone feels capable of appreciating Mozart's prodigious gifts.
The Guardian
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Carlson always was a second-rater.
Death angel
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Any second-rater can lick 'em.
Trailin'!
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Never sit to a second-rater, Mary, you've had the best now. And he covered the head again with a craftsman's thoroughness.
The Nest Builder: A Novel
espanyol
mediocridad

Of minor significance, accomplishment or acclaim.

mediocridad
Usage of mediocrity in anglès
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This is probably the most difficult step on the road to mediocrity.
Rock and Ice Magazine
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Every day, we try to remind each other to live beyond mediocrity.
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest ...
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Major league team owners, on the other hand, are rewarded for mediocrity.
Wired
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Time has also run out for those who justified mediocrity in parastatals.
The South African
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Don't let your standards slip to the mediocrity of a regional rag.
The Irish Times
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Certainly not of the individual, for the present conditions tend toward mediocrity.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 01
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He was below mediocrity in mind, and had received scarcely any education.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
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We are not jealous of mediocrity: we are not patient of it.
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
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And around, above, beneath, the pervading mediocrity, the apotheosis of the average.
One Man in His Time
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He would no longer face the fearful alternative of mediocrity or starvation.
The Journal of Arthur Stirling : ("The Valley of the Shadow")
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In a time of mass-culture egalitarianism and mediocrity, she was an elitist.
The guns of august
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To men whose talents are above mediocrity we speak of superior things.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy
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It seemed to encapsulate her awkward, disengaged manner and her inner mediocrity.
The Guardian
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Topics - Is enforced conformity in school classrooms condemning boys to mediocrity?
Radio NZ
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Never had she seen such intense self-complacency coupled with such utter mediocrity.
Baron Trigault's Vengeance
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As if twenty times already she had not sufficiently perceived his mediocrity.
Madame Bovary
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mediocridad
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