“Neither realm is renowned for rewarding mediocrity and underachievement.”

“Isn't it amazing how these people continue to keep their day jobs amidst this kind of mediocrity?”

“She drags the overall film down to the level of mediocrity, so that what we're left with is a decent TV movie, but nothing more.”

“In today's celeb-saturated mass mediocracy, image control is impossible, or nearly.”

“If you're a big fan of mediocracy and tend to like bands with no particular message or direction, then this CD is for you.”

“No, it's because the power concentrated in this maze has, over time, replaced democracy with its own self-referencing mediocracy.”

“Virtually all those who have achieved prominence or notoriety have been exposed as mediocrities and rank scoundrels.”

“But that would make him no different than 10,000 other mediocrities in academia in many other fields.”

“And it allows low-performing mediocrities to get promoted over and over and over.”