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mediocrity
1. Moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary.
2. The quality or condition of being mediocre; specifically, a moderate or average degree of mental ability, talents, skill, etc.; average capacity, endowment, or accomplishment. Also: that which is mediocre. Now chiefly with disparaging implications, the opposite of excellence or superiority.
3. More generally: the quality or condition of being intermediate between two extremes; an intermediate state or condition. Formerly also: a quality, position, etc., equally removed from two opposite extremes; a mean.
4. A middle course of action; measured conduct or behavior; moderation, temperance.
5. The possession of attributes in a medium or moderate degree; a moderate degree or rate, average quality or amount; a moderate condition.
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