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as in normality
the quality or state of being mediocre
She's a perfectionist who refuses to settle for mediocrity.
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as in nothing
a person of little fame
He surrounded himself with mediocrities to appear more notable by comparison.
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Recent Examples of mediocrity
That’s just in time for spring ball when a new era officially arrives for a program that put years of mediocrity and misery to bed by winning Big Sky Conference championships in 2019, 2021 and 2022 under coach Troy Taylor, now at Stanford.
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Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 11 Jan. 2025
Lynch’s legacy warns against politically correct mediocrity.
—Armond White, National Review, 17 Jan. 2025
Confidence has been a common theme amid the Celtics’ recent stretch of mediocrity.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Harbaugh’s influence has been the headline as the Chargers have tried to ditch their reputation of mediocrity.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 11 Jan. 2025
Lynch’s legacy warns against politically correct mediocrity.
—Armond White, National Review, 17 Jan. 2025
Confidence has been a common theme amid the Celtics’ recent stretch of mediocrity.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Harbaugh’s influence has been the headline as the Chargers have tried to ditch their reputation of mediocrity.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediocrity
Noun
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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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
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Her unusual trajectory, and her being based outside the US, may have contributed to her relative obscurity in New York.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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Garage 66, the team that started this journey as MBM Motorsports and briefly seemed destined for obscurity, is now banking on a 22-year-old with a solid track record and a whole lot of determination.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Tracking insect migration is not as straightforward as tracking birds or mammals.—
Saugat Bolakhe,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Jan. 2025
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The downy also can peck at galls or protrusions on goldenrod plants where insect eggs are lurking.—
Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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And her reign is supported by her (mostly) devoted minions, played by Bowen Yang and Bronwyn James.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
30 Dec. 2024
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Not even the dynamic duos of Joy and Anxiety, Deadpool and Wolverine, Gru and his minions or Paul Atreides and those massive sandworms could push the 2024 box office to pre-pandemic heights.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
2 Jan. 2025
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The owner, knowing that his establishment is at capacity and taking into consideration the troublesome nobodies who are seeking entry, brusquely sends them away.—
Andy Biggs,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
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Two high school nobodies make the decision to crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year’s Eve 1999.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
15 Dec. 2024
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One of my personal concerns is the tendency, particularly in Germany, to focus too much in films on the perpetrators, not the victims, like in Downfall or the recent Wannsee Conference adaptation.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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Several other fire victims are likely in the same situation.—
Liam Dillon,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Mediocrity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediocrity. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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