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mediocrity
(encz) | mediocrity,průměrnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Mediocrity
(gcide) | Mediocrity \Me`di*oc"ri*ty\, n. [F. m['e]diocrit['e], L.
mediocritas.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a
moderate degree or rate. "A mediocrity of success."
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
2. Moderation; temperance. [Obs.] --Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
3. A mediocre person; -- used disparagingly.
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mediocrity
(wn) | mediocrity
n 1: ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not
outstanding [syn: averageness, mediocrity]
2: a person of second-rate ability or value; "a team of aging
second-raters"; "shone among the mediocrities who surrounded
him" [syn: second-rater, mediocrity] |
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Mediocrity
(gcide) | Mediocrity \Me`di*oc"ri*ty\, n. [F. m['e]diocrit['e], L.
mediocritas.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a
moderate degree or rate. "A mediocrity of success."
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
2. Moderation; temperance. [Obs.] --Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
3. A mediocre person; -- used disparagingly.
[PJC] |
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