mediocrity

Значение (Английский)

1. The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.
2. A person with mediocre abilities or achievements.
3. The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean.
4. (obsolete) A middle course of action; moderation, balance.

Синонимы

ordinariness

averageness

second-rater

banality

medium

moderation

imbecility

indifference

masses

meanness

mediocre

upstart

ordinary ability

ordinary run of men

being average

average

second rater

blockhead

cipher

commonness

commonplaceness

dimwit

idiot

Произносится как (IPA)

/miː.dɪˈɒk.ɹɪ.ti/

Этимология (Английский)

From Middle French médiocrité, from Latin mediocritās, from mediocris; by surface analysis, mediocre + -ity.