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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

Thesaurus Results for Mediocrity:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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