What does Mediocre mean? - A useful English word for you to learn (with Misterduncan)

Here is an interesting word that we often use when describing a thing

or an experience that has a certain lack of quality or performance,

Something that leaves no strong feeling or desire.

The word is ‘mediocre’.

This adjective is often used

when we wish to express the quality of something.

In this sense,

we are stating that the thing in question is neither good nor bad.

It is okay, but it is not great.

A mediocre thing leaves no strong impression or afterthought.

It is just okay.

A certain type of motor car might be useful for getting around town,

but it is not a high specification vehicle.

It will get you around and it functions,

but that is all you can say about it.

The car does not go fast.

It is not high quality and it certainly isn't top of the range,

but it gets the job done.

The car is mediocre.

It is so-so.

A performance might be described as being mediocre

if it fails to impress.

The show was okay, but it was pretty dull and overlong.

At best I would describe it as ‘mediocre’.

A pleasant experience might turn out to be mediocre in the end.

You might go to a lovely posh restaurant for a meal.

The place itself is lovely, but the menu was mediocre.

The food available was not that imaginative.

They had a mediocre selection of food on offer.

We might describe a mediocre thing as ‘so-so’

second rate, middling, ordinary, dull,

undistinguished, uninspired, or run of the mill.

It is not the worst, but it is also a long way from being the best.

It was okay, but I wouldn't do it again.

The thing I saw, the food I ate,

the place I went to was all right, but overall it was mediocre.

The word ‘mediocre’ derives from Latin and literally means...

‘At middle height’.