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Definition of Mediocre
Mediocre

Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary.

A mediocre person.

A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk's duties.

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Mediocre Quotations

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.
Warren Buffett

In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.
Friedrich Nietzsche

It's more than magnificent - it's mediocre.
Samuel Goldwyn

Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
Margaret Mead

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.
Orson Welles

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
Mary Kay Ash

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
Lily Tomlin

The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.
Simone de Beauvoir

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
Robert Louis Stevenson

Mediocre Translations

mediocre in Italian is mediocre
mediocre in Latin is mediocris
mediocre in Spanish is mediocre, mediano


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