What is the meaning of mediocre?

adjective

  • Moderate to inferior in quality.
    • usage: "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"
  • Lacking exceptional quality or ability.
    • usage: "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"
  • Poor to middling in quality.
    • usage: "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"
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