mediocre

  • 31mediocre — (adj) (Intermedio) de poca calidad o valor Ejemplos: El último libro del escritor es de verdad mediocre, contrasta mucho con lo brillante que son las anteriores. Los resultados del examen eran mediocres, pero había unas cuantas personas que lo… …

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  • 32mediocre — {{hw}}{{mediocre}}{{/hw}}A agg. 1 Di grado, qualità o grandezza media: bellezza –m. 2 Inferiore alla media, alla norma: guadagno –m; SIN. Modesto. 3 (est.) Che non eccelle, scadente: un film mediocre | Ordinario, dozzinale. B s. m.  e f. Chi… …

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  • 33mediocre — me|di|o|cre [ ,midi oukər ] adjective average or below average in quality: a mediocre performance …

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  • 34mediocre — [16] Etymologically, mediocre means ‘halfway up a mountain’. It comes from Latin mediocris ‘of middle height, in a middle state’, which was formed from medius ‘middle’ (source of English medium) and ocris ‘rough stony mountain’. => MEDIUM …

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  • 35mediocre — [ˌmi:dɪ əʊkə] adjective of only average quality. Derivatives mediocrely adverb Origin C16: from Fr. médiocre, from L. mediocris of middle height or degree , lit. somewhat mountainous …

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  • 36mediocre — adjective a mediocre performance Syn: ordinary, average, middling, middle of the road, uninspired, undistinguished, indifferent, unexceptional, unexciting, unremarkable, run of the mill, pedestrian, prosaic, lackluster, forgettable, amateur,… …

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  • 37mediocre — UK [ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə(r)] / US [ˌmɪdɪˈoʊkər] adjective average or below average in quality, ability, or achievement a mediocre performance …

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  • 38mediocre — [ˌmiːdiˈəʊkə] adj not very good a mediocre performance[/ex] mediocrity [ˌmiːdiˈɒkrəti] noun [U] …

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  • 39mediocre — /midiˈoʊkə / (say meedee ohkuh), /ˈmidioʊkə / (say meedeeohkuh) adjective of middling quality; of only moderate excellence; neither good nor bad; indifferent; ordinary: a person of mediocre abilities. {French, from Latin mediocris in a middle… …

  • 40mediocre — [16] Etymologically, mediocre means ‘halfway up a mountain’. It comes from Latin mediocris ‘of middle height, in a middle state’, which was formed from medius ‘middle’ (source of English medium) and ocris ‘rough stony mountain’. Cf.⇒ MEDIUM …

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