mediocrity

• Существительное, обозначающее состояние или качество быть средним или заурядным, отсутствие выдающихся способностей или отличительных черт; также может относиться к человеку с посредственными способностями.

A noun referring to the state or quality of being average or ordinary, lacking exceptional ability or distinction; it can also refer to a person of only moderate or second-rate ability.

1. State of being averageB2formal

   The quality of being ordinary or average, lacking exceptional qualities or distinction.

   Посредственность

   • The company's culture of mediocrity discouraged innovation.
   • He was frustrated by the mediocrity of the work produced.
   • She refused to settle for mediocrity in her career.

   Synonymsaveragenesscommonplacenessmodestyordinariness

   Antonymsdistinctionexcellencegreatnesssuperiority

2. Unremarkable personB2formal

   A person who is of average or below-average ability, skill, or value.

   Посредственность

   • The team was full of mediocrities who never pushed themselves.
   • He was dismissed as a mere mediocrity by the critics.
   • The manager surrounded himself with mediocrities to avoid competition.

   Synonymslightweightnobodynonentitysecond-rater

   Antonymsachievergeniusluminaryparagonprodigyvirtuoso