mediocre results
average results
TRANSLATION
mediocre = mittelmäßig, zweitklassig, niveaulos, unbedeutend
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Rossini was in the habit of marking errors in his students' compositions with small crosses. A MEDIOCRE young student once expressed his delight at finding so few such marks on his corrected manuscript: "I'm so pleased that there are so few mistakes," he rejoiced.
"If I had marked all the errors in the music with crosses," Rossini retorted, "your score would have looked like a cemetery!"
Rossini, Gioacchino Antonio (1792-1868) Italian opera composer noted for such works as Tancredi (1823), The Italian Girl in Algiers (1813), The Barber of Seville (1816), The Thieving Magpie (1817), and William Tell (1829)
"If I had marked all the errors in the music with crosses," Rossini retorted, "your score would have looked like a cemetery!"
Rossini, Gioacchino Antonio (1792-1868) Italian opera composer noted for such works as Tancredi (1823), The Italian Girl in Algiers (1813), The Barber of Seville (1816), The Thieving Magpie (1817), and William Tell (1829)
Did you
know?
'Mediocre' describes something of ordinary or moderate quality, value, or ability. It is neither good nor bad,... just indifferent.
This adjective has been in use in English since the 16th century. It was borrowed, through French, from the Latin mediocris (in a middle state, literally at middle height). Medius is the Latin for middle and ocris was Old Latin for a rugged mountain. Medius is also the root word for medium (the middle point between extremes), mid (something in a middle position), and median (situated in the middle).
SYNONYMS
characterless, colorless, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, fair, fairish, humdrum, indifferent, inferior, insignificant, intermediate, mainstream, mean, medium, middling, moderate, ordinary, passable, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, so-so, standard, starch, undistinguished, unexceptional, uninspired, vanilla
"The company's MEDIOCRE performance was a great disappointment to the bank, which had been hoping for a good return-on-investment."
This adjective has been in use in English since the 16th century. It was borrowed, through French, from the Latin mediocris (in a middle state, literally at middle height). Medius is the Latin for middle and ocris was Old Latin for a rugged mountain. Medius is also the root word for medium (the middle point between extremes), mid (something in a middle position), and median (situated in the middle).
SYNONYMS
characterless, colorless, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, fair, fairish, humdrum, indifferent, inferior, insignificant, intermediate, mainstream, mean, medium, middling, moderate, ordinary, passable, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, so-so, standard, starch, undistinguished, unexceptional, uninspired, vanilla
"The company's MEDIOCRE performance was a great disappointment to the bank, which had been hoping for a good return-on-investment."
