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Which phrase is commonly used to describe something mediocre?

mediocre

[mee-dee-oh-ker] / ˌmi diˈoʊ kər /


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USC’s current head coach Lincoln Riley has transformed an 11 national championships pedigree formerly of the Pac-12 into a mediocre Big Ten reality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Just a few years ago, the fastest rate of growth the economy was thought to be able to sustain each year was around 1.8%, a mediocre number historically.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

At around 35 million hectolitres the total harvest would be down two percent on a mediocre 2025 yield and 14 percent below the 2021–2025 average, according to estimates published Wednesday by the ministry of agriculture.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Facing pressures from "massive increases" in costs for fuel and fertiliser and "very mediocre returns" on his harvests, he is now considering using more of his land for commercial crops.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

He’d written a mediocre poem but had performed like a trained actor, which made his mediocre poem sound excellent.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith


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