OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 27395

mediocrity

/miː.dɪˈɒk.ɹɪ.ti/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
medianía • mediocridad
The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.
England captain Harry Kane lifted the mediocrity of an attritional first half on a slow surface when he scored his 33rd goal for his country, a superbly guided diving header from L…
Flexibility is good, but a tolerance for mediocrity carried far enough impairs operational capacity.
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