mediocrity
1. ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding (Freq. 1) • Syn: averageness • Derivationally related forms: mediocre, average (for: averageness) • Hypernyms: ordinariness, mundaneness, mundanity 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 • Derivationally related forms: mediocre • Hypernyms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
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