ˈævəɹɪd͡ʒ ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə ˌmidiˈoʊkəɹ ˈmɪdlɪŋ ˈmɪd(ə)lɪŋ poor to middling in quality there have been good and mediocre and bad artists lacking 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 moderate to inferior in quality they improved the quality from mediocre to above average