mediocrity

Plural: mediocrities

Noun

• ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
• a person of second-rate ability or value
• The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.
• A person with mediocre abilities or achievements.
• The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean.
• A middle course of action; moderation, balance.

Examples

• Flexibility is good, but a tolerance for mediocrity carried far enough impairs operational capacity.
• populated with mediocrities
• surrounded by mediocrities

Synonyms

averageness, second-rater, middlingness

Related Words

mean, median, mediate, mediation, mediator, mediocre, medium