mediocrity

Example Sentences

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But this section is where the album drifts into mediocrity, with a handful of meandering, mid-tempo love songs that don't really add much to the overall package.

From BBC

What really rankles Hedda, though, is that Lovborg and Thea have created something sublime while she has sought refuge with a scholastic mediocrity.

From Los Angeles Times

Salieri may be a mediocrity, destined to be a footnote in the short yet indelible life of Mozart.

From Los Angeles Times

But by the time Curt Cignetti arrived, the Crimson Hawks had slipped into mediocrity.

From The Wall Street Journal

The ceiling is too low to differentiate between excellence and mediocrity.

From The Wall Street Journal