mediocrity
/miːdɪˈɒkrɪti
/noun (plural mediocrities) [mass noun]
1The quality or state of being mediocre: the team suddenly came good after years of mediocrity...
- But he may well have chosen the wrong ship to board with his undoubtedly quality brand of mediocrity.
- You see, he's a talented and driven composer and director who loathes mediocrity above everything else.
- Overall it was a well contested game but it never rose above mediocrity with Rangers just about deserving their win.
Synonyms
ordinariness, commonplaceness, lack of inspiration, passableness, adequacy, indifference;
inferiority, amateurism, amateurishness
1.1 [count noun] A person of mediocre ability: a brilliant woman surrounded by mediocrities...
- We end up with duds, mediocrities and second raters - the kind of people who have wasted such a scandalous amount of public money building the new Scottish parliament.
- Insignificant in herself, she stands as a cipher for the famous mediocrities of our time, and they are legion.
- Neville, who surrounded himself with mediocrities and yes men, followed a policy of appeasement after he was pushed into the top job in 1937.
Synonyms
nonentity, nobody, nothing, lightweight, cipher, second-rater, amateur
informal no-hoper, non-starter
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