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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
The organizations that break through this cycle of mediocrity are those that dare to articulate something worth believing in—something that transforms a job into a calling and a paycheck into participation in something meaningful.
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Aurelien Mangano, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
As a player, Posey saw a lot of mediocrity from the Padres teams.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
In an industry that can walk in endless circles of mediocrity, Lance has his compass set in a different direction.
—David Gauvey Herbert, IndieWire, 3 June 2025
The rise of algorithmic mediocrity Despite the name, AI doesn’t actually think.
—Wolfgang Messner, The Conversation, 2 June 2025
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Aurelien Mangano, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
As a player, Posey saw a lot of mediocrity from the Padres teams.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
In an industry that can walk in endless circles of mediocrity, Lance has his compass set in a different direction.
—David Gauvey Herbert, IndieWire, 3 June 2025
The rise of algorithmic mediocrity Despite the name, AI doesn’t actually think.
—Wolfgang Messner, The Conversation, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediocrity
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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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Without these, even the most advanced models may languish in obscurity.—
Vivian Toh,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Hometown beauty queen Barbara Parker is plucked from obscurity and rebranded as Sophie Straw, the star of the BBC’s latest hit comedy.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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Your images also need protection from insects and rodents.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 July 2025
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Turkeys foraging in agricultural areas in the fall and spring eat mostly waste grains, wild plants, insects, and young grasses.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
10 July 2025
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Yanking the rug out from under thousands of foreigners who often risked life and limb to find a safe haven in America is an unconscionable act of heartless, anti-humanitarian gall on the part of Donald Trump and his minions.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
9 June 2025
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Her niftiest fight sequence looks like abstract art: a stark black-and-white aerial pan of her shadow battling minions down a hallway.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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None of these nobodies is performing like Grimes just yet, and until someone does Grier better get active trying to find a handful of veteran cornerbacks whom this team can call on, and sign to patch up the weakest unit on the team.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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And maybe that’s a metaphor for the way a lot of middle-class nobodies feel.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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The store brand juggernaut triggered by pandemic-era inflation and economic uncertainty has passed a tipping point with consumers and may have claimed its first national brand victim.—
Greg Petro,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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And Singapore just passed an anti-scam law that allows law enforcement to freeze the bank accounts of scam victims.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
14 July 2025
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“Mediocrity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediocrity. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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