mediocrity
noun
the state or quality of being mediocre.
mediocrities
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pluralof mediocrity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But they were also politicians, self-serving and ambitious, often well-born mediocrities flying high above their general level of talent.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
These mediocrities, drunk with their own self-importance, equate celebrity, power and wealth with wisdom.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2021
Almost all of Hunt’s wistfully exasperated attempts to get Johnson to answer a question – any question – could have been replaced with the howl “I speak for all the mediocrities in the world”.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2019
And Vargas Llosa has published so many novels — 18 in all — that the tours de force can get lost among the mediocrities.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2018
It’s why picking the right candidate for a job is so difficult and why, on more occasions than we may care to admit, utter mediocrities sometimes end up in positions of enormous responsibility.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
