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Mediocrity

The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a moderate degree or rate.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Mundanity 76% connected

Worldliness.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Mediocre 74% connected

Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary.

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Mediocre 74% connected

Of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary.

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 84% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 84% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Bad noun · 84% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Caesura noun · 78% connection

A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…

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Cool verb · 78% connection

To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.

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Coolness noun · 78% connection

The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmn…

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Differential noun · 78% connection

A small difference in rates which competing railroad lines, in establishing a common tariff, allow one of their number to make, in ord…

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Equilibrium constant noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the ratio of concentrations when equilibrium is reached in a reversible reaction (when the rate of the forward reaction eq…

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Equilibrium law noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the…

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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate noun · 78% connection

the rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions; a high rate usually indicates the prese…

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ESR noun · 78% connection

the rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions; a high rate usually indicates the prese…

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Fixed exchange rate noun · 78% connection

an exchange rate for a currency where the government has decided to link the value to some valuable commodity like gold; a fixed excha…

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Horse power unknown · 78% connection

A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines…

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Indifferent adjective · 78% connection

Neither particularly good, not very bad; of a middle state or quality; passable; mediocre.

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Inferior adjective · 78% connection

Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.

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Law of chemical equilibrium noun · 78% connection

(chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the…

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