How to Use mediocre in a Sentence

mediocre

adjective

• The carpenter did a mediocre job.
• The dinner was delicious, but the dessert was mediocre.
• The critics dismissed him as a mediocre actor.
• At best, the 49ers of the past 15 years have been mediocre.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2024
• Drove it well at the 1st hole and hit kind of a mediocre 7-iron.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 2 July 2023
• The move to the Big Ten means the program will be mediocre (.500) at best.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2022
• Franks made the huge play with his feet, but was mediocre for most of the night.
  — Mark Long, star-telegram, 14 Oct. 2017
• All for less than the cost of a mediocre airport meal for two.
  — Clint Carter, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
• To win, be mediocre at a bunch of things rather than great at any one.
  — James Breakwell, Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2018
• And even the stuff that’s mediocre, right, is good enough to keep me engaged.
  — Recode Staff, Recode, 2 Apr. 2018
• Mostly, the men of these tales are mediocre at best, abusers at worst.
  — Dexter Palmer, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
• Amazon failed with its Fire phones, and the Fire tablets are mediocre.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 6 May 2018
• Even with those four players a year ago, the Colts were mediocre.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 7 Sep. 2017
• Also, the odds that their skill sets are mediocre goes up.
  — Isaac Cheifetz, Star Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
• In the past, many combos have had mediocre reels, built more to hold the fly line than to fight fish.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 30 May 2024
• Mitch Trubisky was mediocre but didn’t turn the ball over.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2022
• Crazy things tend to happen when both teams are mediocre — see the Week 1 tale of two games.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2020
• Maybe liked it better than the potential of a guard who might be the best of a mediocre crop.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
• And that’s the thing, back then, Buffalo was mediocre, and the Dolphins were worse.
  — Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2022
• In a year when the movies are mediocre, there are always actors.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 9 Dec. 2022
• Allen has been the biggest bright spot on a mediocre defense.
  — Mark Long, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2019
• Cambridge has two great games, two good games and a long list of mediocre and poor games.
  — Giana Han, al, 9 Feb. 2020
• The Falcons, though, have beat up on mediocre teams while getting blown out by the good ones.
  — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
• These rigid guidelines make way for mediocre things to be sold as crafts.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 1 Nov. 2019
• But Anon, sadly, is not even mediocre and Owen is lost in it.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 23 May 2018
• The once-mighty Cornhuskers are now a mediocre football team at best.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
• There is so much new TV, much of it mediocre, and good shows are getting lost in the shuffle.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2023
• The texture of the cake is mediocre at best and the peanut butter in all the layers is a bit overwhelming.
  — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2023
• Sam Darnold was viewed as a mediocre placeholder when the Vikings signed him to a one-year, $10 million contract in the offseason.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
• This is the worst kind of football team: a conceited but objectively mediocre squad.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024