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countable and uncountable, plural mediocrities
(now rare) The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean.
(obsolete) A middle course of action; moderation, balance. quotations
In adversity I wish for prosperity, and in prosperity I am afraid of adversity. What mediocrity may be found?
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps
(uncountable) The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard. quotations examples
England captain Harry Kane lifted the mediocrity of an attritional first half on a slow surface when he scored his 33rd goal for his country, a superbly guided diving header from Luke Shaw's cross seven minutes before the interval.
2021 March 28, Phil McNulty, “Albania 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport
An individual with mediocre abilities or achievements. examples