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mediocrities

mediocrities is the plural of mediocrity.

Meaning of mediocrity

Noun

mediocrity (countable and uncountable, plural mediocrities)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.
    • Flexibility is good, but a tolerance for mediocrity carried far enough impairs operational capacity.
    Synonyms:
    middlingness
  2. (countable) A person with mediocre abilities or achievements.
    • populated with mediocrities
  3. (archaic) The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean.
  4. (obsolete) A middle course of action; moderation, balance.
    • Sundrie other Gent[lemen] reſt beholden to this hundred, for their dvvellings, vvho, in an enuiable mediocritie of fortune, do happilie poſſeſſe themſelues, and communicate their ſufficient means to the ſeruice of their prince, the good of their neighbours, and the bettering of their ovvn eſtate...1609, Richard Carew, “The Second Booke”, in The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC, folio 117, verso

Questions about mediocrities

What is mediocrities the plural of?
Mediocrities is the plural of mediocrity.

Words near mediocrities in the dictionary

  1. mediocrely
  2. mediocreness
  3. mediocres
  4. mediocrist
  5. mediocrists
  6. mediocrities
  7. mediocritist
  8. mediocritists
  9. mediocritization
  10. mediocritize
  11. mediocritized

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