mediocrity

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Recent Examples of mediocrity But everyone else gives varying degrees of mediocrity. Barry Levitt, Vulture, 12 May 2025 The Red Sox came into the game having lost five of their six previous games, and Wednesday’s contest with all its twists and turns could prove to be a jumping off point for a team that’s been mired in mediocrity over the first five weeks of the season. Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 8 May 2025 Like the old media, these forms foster tons of mediocrity. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025 Finding, and more importantly, developing quarterbacks is what separates the good franchises from those riding the mediocrity merry-go-round for decades. Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mediocrity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediocrity
Noun
  • My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • His sister’s rationale for sticking with Malassezia was that the name’s obscurity would shield it from scrutiny.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 26 May 2025
  • Less visible are the civil rights struggles its Asian American community fought to attain. State of play: Though figures like Wong Kim Ark have received more attention in recent years, there are still a plethora who remain in obscurity.
    Shawna Chen, Axios, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • There are solid green and variegated cultivars that are drought-tolerant, deer-resistant, and seldom bothered by insect pests.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 June 2025
  • These tail feathers trail elegantly behind as the bird weaves through the forest in pursuit of flying insects.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Besides being massively ignorant, Musk and his minions are drunk on ideology.
    Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
  • Through their minions in the media, in Big Pharma, and woke teachers manipulating their children's minds, these elites hold an iron grip on society.
    Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • And maybe that’s a metaphor for the way a lot of middle-class nobodies feel.
    Abigail Lee, Variety, 13 May 2025
  • While some men are jumping on board, the most popular of these creators—which range from nobodies doing voiceovers to far-right provocateurs like Candance Owens and Megyn Kelly—are women speaking to other women.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The victim, who suffered a laceration to the head, was transported by EMS to Lincoln Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
  • The victims included at least 10 women, the Livingston Daily reported, including one victim recorded at least 540 times.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2025

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“Mediocrity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediocrity. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.

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