mediocre
pronunciation
How to pronounce mediocre in British English:
UK [ˌmiːdiˈəʊkə(r)]
How to pronounce mediocre in American English:
US [ˌmiːdiˈoʊkər]
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- Adjective:
- moderate to inferior in quality
- of no exceptional quality or ability
- poor to middling in quality
Word Origin
- mediocre
- mediocre: [16] Etymologically, mediocre means ‘halfway up a mountain’. It comes from Latin mediocris ‘of middle height, in a middle state’, which was formed from medius ‘middle’ (source of English medium) and ocris ‘rough stony mountain’.=> medium
- mediocre (adj.)
- 1580s, from Middle French médiocre (16c.), from Latin mediocris "of middling height or state, moderate, ordinary," figuratively "mediocre, mean, inferior," originally "halfway up a mountain," from medius "middle" (see medial (adj.)) + ocris "jagged mountain" (cognate with Greek okris "peak, point," Welsh ochr "corner, border," Latin acer "sharp;" see acrid). As a noun, "medicore thing or person," by 1834.
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Example
- 1. Your identity is reinforced again . You are mediocre .
- 2. Its roads , railways , ports and air-transport infrastructure are all judged mediocre against networks in northern europe .
- 3. Nevada 's schools and universities are between mediocre and bad .
- 4. Alas , most are fairly mediocre , as managing isn 't easy .
- 5. Widely used calculus books must be mediocre .