mediocrities

noun

plural of mediocrity
as in obscurities
a person of little fame He surrounded himself with mediocrities to appear more notable by comparison.

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Recent Examples of mediocrities This past week both teams looked like nothing more than overpriced mediocrities at a time when all the reinforcements were supposed to have turned things around for both of them. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025 These two 6-6 mediocrities are battling for first place in the AFC North. — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2025 Congress’s lower chamber has always contained its share of mediocrities. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026 The only character who seems entirely transparent is Frederik, who can’t hide his resentment of his second-class spousal status or his contempt for the sycophants and mediocrities who cling to his wife like barnacles. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mediocrities
  1. minions
  2. insects
  3. inferiors
  4. nobodies
  5. victims
Noun
  • For example, a group of minions might be pretending to fight a group of Vikings on a movie set, or enough alien spaceships to fill the entire screen appear and shoot their lasers at once.
    — Parents, Parents, 1 July 2026
  • And minions have taken over Wendy’s frosty machines with a new banana flavor.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of minions
Noun
  • At best, marigolds confuse or repel soft-bodied insects in small areas, adds Rezk.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 6 July 2026
  • Along the way, the insects can look and behave very differently at each stage.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Definition of insects
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  • That comes to the Philippines in the form of war, as well as through the invocation, or establishment, of American-style modes of government and education that place Filipinos along this racial hierarchy, identifying them as these inferiors that need to be taught how to govern themselves.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of inferiors
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  • Yvonne and Nick’s disastrous wedding dinner is the day the cast went from nobodies to actual practitioners of the reality-television arts and sciences.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 July 2026
  • Despite the tragicomic instability and the rotating cast of nobodies temporarily tasked with running the country, when seen in macroeconomic terms, Peru appears to be doing just fine, thank you.
    — Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Definition of nobodies
Noun
  • The families of the victims said the pain is still as raw to this day.
    — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Dozens of mourners were seen gathering outside the victims’ homes to offer condolences.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
Definition of victims

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