Associations to the word «Mediocrity»

Wiktionary

MEDIOCRITY, noun. (now rare) The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean.
MEDIOCRITY, noun. (obsolete) A middle course of action; moderation, balance.
MEDIOCRITY, noun. (uncountable) The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.
MEDIOCRITY, noun. An individual with mediocre abilities or achievements.

Dictionary definition

MEDIOCRITY, noun. Ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding.
MEDIOCRITY, noun. A person of second-rate ability or value; "a team of aging second-raters"; "shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him".

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras