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mediocrity

noun

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An ordinary or unimpressive level of quality.

The editor pushed the draft beyond mediocrity with more precise examples.

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The first version fell into mediocrity because its uneven joints and awkward arrangement produced an ordinary, unimpressive result, not because practical design was inherently poor.

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