disapproval If you describe something as mediocre, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be better. His school record was mediocre. mediocre music. not very good = second rate (mediocris , from medius + ocris )
poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"
moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor spy
moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor spy"
poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists" moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor spy
Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary
of no exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"