mediocrity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.

   Flexibility is good, but a tolerance for mediocrity carried far enough impairs operational capacity.

2. 2
   noun

   A person with mediocre abilities or achievements.

   populated with mediocrities

3. 3
   noun

   A middle course of action; moderation, balance.

   Sundrie other Gent[lemen] reſt beholden to this hundred, for their dvvellings, vvho, in an enuiable mediocritie of fortune, do happilie poſſeſſe themſelues, and communicate their ſufficient means to the ſeruice of their prince, the good of their neighbours, and the bettering of their ovvn eſtate: […]

4. 4
   noun

   ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding

5. 5
   noun

   a person of second-rate ability or value

6. 6
   noun

   The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean.

Etymology

From Middle French médiocrité, from Latin mediocritās, from mediocris; by surface analysis, mediocre + -ity.