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Meanings of mediocre in English

Lacking exceptional quality or ability.

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Moderate to inferior in quality.

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Examples for "fair"
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Last year, 260 companies reportedly participated in the spring fair, for example.
Reuters
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Good quality product for a fair price and everyone being treated equally.
The Guardian
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The government and the NDP said the vote was open and fair.
Reuters
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The government has dismissed the criticism, promising a free and fair vote.
Reuters
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said election had been neither free nor fair.
Radio NZ
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No need to talk to your average Government deputy about serious consequences.
The Irish Times
2
The new term is longer than the average given in manslaughter cases.
The Guardian
3
CONS: Serious crime rate and cost of living both above national average.
Forbes
4
Background: Public information on average has limited impact on patients' hospital choice.
Pubmed
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However, the level of average earnings in the public sector remained higher.
News.com.au
1
After House of Cards, Netflix had middling success with its original shows.
The Guardian
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She had studied intimately the needy and the rich and the middling.
The Lion's Share
3
Thus it fared with the better and middling orders of the people.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12)
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It is middling well as far as it goes-butis that all?
Leaves of Grass
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The land is middling good as far as the eye can judge.
The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland

Mediocre.

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Usage of mediocre in English
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The area around Malden had produced a great deal of mediocre wine.
Knife of dreams
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The mediocre in poetry is merely fatuous; in sculpture, it is ugly.
Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observ...
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If I do it myself, I know the result will be mediocre.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
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The world is passing on to mediocre men who remember great men.
Mutated
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Saturday's was two-star, mediocre, back to merely the joy of the result.
The Irish Times
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At the moment the A-League is an easy ride for mediocre clubs.
News.com.au
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The Huskies have improved under his stewardship but remain mediocre at best.
Wired
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I'm sure that HBO must make its fair share of mediocre television.
The Irish Times
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He is indeed very pretty, though his performance was at best mediocre.
Ruthless
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Anonymous and unnoticed: just another tourist in a nice but mediocre hotel.
The marks of cain
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He had read Goethe in the original German and found him mediocre.
The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, a...
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They seemed well-enough rhymed but somehow mediocre, elegant without substance and power.
The Oracle Glass
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Thus we have all-time highs in leading equity indices despite mediocre fundamentals.
Reuters
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Kadima's mediocre showing will not prevent Mr Olmert from becoming prime minister.
The Irish Times
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Nor because she feels their product is inferior or their service mediocre.
The Irish Times
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With the best will in the world, that's a pretty mediocre record.
Radio NZ
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