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mediocre

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore M words

of only average or moderate quality; not very good

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Mediocre in a sentence

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The restaurant's reputation suffered after a string of mediocre meals.

Synonyms
averageordinarymiddlingunexceptional
Antonyms
excellentsuperbexceptional

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Far from being the revolutionary thinker his admirers claimed, the philosopher was in fact quite blank, defending the traditional doctrines of his teachers without challenge.

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Mediocre (adjective) means of only average or moderate quality; not very good
Here is mediocre used in an example sentence: "The restaurant's reputation suffered after a string of mediocre meals."
Common synonyms for mediocre include average, ordinary, middling, unexceptional.
Antonyms of mediocre include excellent, superb, exceptional.
Mediocre is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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