mediocrity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
    averageness.
  2. noun a person of second-rate ability or value
    second-rater.
    • a team of aging second-raters
    • shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him

WordNet

Me`di*oc"ri*ty noun
Etymology
F. médiocrité, L. mediocritas.
Definitions
  1. The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a moderate degree or rate. "A mediocrity of success." Bacon.
  2. Moderation; temperance. Obs. Hooker.

Webster 1913