1
as in decent
of average to below average quality
your grades are mediocre and barely acceptable
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as in terrible
of low quality
mediocre carvings in a pseudo-African style that are sold to tourists
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Recent Examples of mediocre
There’s also better depth in the middle: Four teams in the West grappling for the final playoff spot might all be better than the collection of mediocre teams amid a pillow fight for the last dance card in the East.
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Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
On top of that, Arkansas — a mediocre jump-shooting team — was 9 of 15 on mid-range jumpers, primarily because KU kept leaving opposing shooters open.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
So what this is, and all this is, is a mediocre team that has taken a step back.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
As a result, non-Power conference teams with strong records often rank lower than Power conference teams with mediocre records.
—Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
On top of that, Arkansas — a mediocre jump-shooting team — was 9 of 15 on mid-range jumpers, primarily because KU kept leaving opposing shooters open.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
So what this is, and all this is, is a mediocre team that has taken a step back.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
As a result, non-Power conference teams with strong records often rank lower than Power conference teams with mediocre records.
—Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediocre
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The Seagate Expansion desktop hard drive stores a ridiculous 28 terabytes of data inside its relatively small footprint, with decent speed for a drive of this type and simple setup on both Windows and iOS machines.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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His character is a foreman, a father, a friend — just a decent, salt-of-the-earth dude, albeit one with a Costco-sized body count from his distant past.—
John DeVore,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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The rhetoric pushed here is that someone with a high body count has less value and will either make a terrible partner or no one will want them in the first place.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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This is great news for our model but terrible for upsets.—
Jordan Brenner,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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The sound from the optional Bose 12-speaker upgrade is satisfactory.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Yet a great deal remained to be paid with funds expected after the submission of satisfactory progress reports.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
30 Mar. 2025
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There’s a real debate to be had about what responsibility better-off neighborhoods like Hyde Park have to help solve humanitarian problems that often are laid at the feet of poorer areas.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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The strong United cohort, almost entirely comprised of dominant sides under Ferguson, has not shied away from criticising the club, players and managers when results have been poor.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Miami also has a middling defensive tackle signed (Benito Jones) as well as two journeymen (Neil Farrell, Matt Dickerson).—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2025
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The Red Sox also got a middling effort from starting pitcher Walker Buehler in his team debut.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
30 Mar. 2025
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In the early 1970s, the widespread availability of cheap, preformed fiberglass pools meant the rate of young children drowning soared.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
3 Apr. 2025
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However, note that these are smaller models that could run on a less expensive GPUs or even a CPU with cheaper memory instead of the super expensive HBM memory currently used in all high-end accelerators.—
Karl Freund,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Over medium heat, cook the chicken between 20 and 25 minutes, turning it 4 times.—
Rick Bragg,
Southern Living,
31 Mar. 2025
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Switch the speed to medium and slowly stream in the 3/4 cup olive oil.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Mar. 2025
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Science popularization should not be considered as inferior to or detracting from traditional scientific research.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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For more than half of Thursday’s Sweet 16 game against Arkansas, Texas Tech looked like the inferior team.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Mediocre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediocre. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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