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mediocrity
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 mediocrity
Ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding.
synoniem: averageness.
Roget 32:
smallness
etc.
adj.;
littleness
etc.
(small size)
193;
tenuity;
paucity;
fewness
etc.
(small number)
103;
meanness,
insignificance
(unimportance)
643;
mediocrity,
moderation.
small quantity,
modicum,
trace,
hint,
minimum;
vanishing point;
material point,
atom,
particle,
molecule,
corpuscle,
point,
speck,
dot,
mote,
jot,
iota,
ace;
minutiae,
details;
look,
thought,
idea,
soupcon,
dab,
dight†,
whit,
tittle,
shade,
shadow;
spark,
scintilla,
gleam;
touch,
cast;
grain,
scruple,
granule,
globule,
minim,
sup,
sip,
sop,
spice,
drop,
droplet,
sprinkling,
dash,
morceau†,
screed,
smack,
tinge,
tincture;
inch,
patch,
scantling,
tatter,
cantlet†,
flitter,
gobbet†,
mite,
bit,
morsel,
crumb,
seed,
fritter,
shive†;
snip,
snippet;
snick†,
snack,
snatch,
slip,
scrag†;
chip,
chipping;
shiver,
sliver,
driblet,
clipping,
paring,
shaving,
hair.
nutshell;
thimbleful,
spoonful,
handful,
capful,
mouthful;
fragment;
fraction
etc.
(part)
51;
drop in the ocean.
animalcule
etc.
193.
trifle
etc.
(unimportant thing)
643;
mere nothing,
next to nothing;
hardly anything;
just enough to swear by;
the shadow of a shade.
finiteness,
finite quantity.
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Roget 639:
sufficiency,
adequacy,
enough,
withal,
satisfaction,
competence;
no less;
quantum sufficit [Lat.],
Q. S.
mediocrity
etc.
(average)
29.
fill;
fullness
etc.
(completeness)
52;
plenitude,
plenty;
abundance;
copiousness
etc.
adj.;
amplitude,
galore,
lots,
profusion;
full measure;
good measure pressed down and running, over."
luxuriance
etc.
(fertility)
168;
affluence
etc.
(wealth)
803;
fat of the land;
a land flowing with milk and honey;"
cornucopia;
horn of plenty,
horn of Amalthaea;
mine
etc.
(stock)
636.
outpouring;
flood
etc.
(great quantity)
31;
tide
etc.
(river)
348;
repletion
etc.
(redundancy)
641;
satiety
etc.
869.
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Roget 651:
imperfection;
imperfectness
etc.
adj.;
deficiency;
inadequacy
etc.
(insufficiency)
640;
peccancy
etc.
(badness)
649†;
immaturity
etc.
674.
fault,
defect,
weak point;
screw loose;
flaw
etc.
(break)
70;
gap
etc.
198;
twist
etc.
243;
taint,
attainder;
bar sinister,
hole in one's coat;
blemish
etc.
848;
weakness
etc.
160;
half blood;
shortcoming
etc.
304;
drawback;
seamy side.
mediocrity;
no great shakes,
no great catch;
not much to boast of;
one-horse shay.
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Roget 736:
moderate circumstances,
average circumstances;
respectability;
middle classes;
mediocrity;
golden mean
etc.
(mid-course)
628,
(moderation)
174.
Roget 29:
mean,
average;
median,
mode;
balance,
medium,
mediocrity,
generality;
golden mean
etc.
(mid-course)
628;
middle
etc.
68;
compromise
etc.
774;
middle course,
middle state;
neutrality.
mediocrity,
least common denominator.
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Nederlands: middelmatigheid
Pools: pośledniość
2 mediocrity
A person of second-rate ability or value.
synoniem: second-rater.
Pools: zwykły zjadacz chleba, średniak, przeciętniak
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