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The phrase "and mediocre in the" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used when describing something that is of average quality or performance in a specific context.
Example: "The film was entertaining but ultimately felt shallow and mediocre in the storytelling department."
Alternatives: "and average in the" or "and subpar in the".
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That left the Red Sox' rotation old at the top (Curt Schilling) and mediocre in the middle.
Despite a league-leading payroll of more than $60 million, the Rangers were terrible in the first quarter of the season and mediocre in the second.
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He accused the French elite of having no long-term vision and being "mediocre in the sense that they have no capacity for projection, for seeing what's happened or what's coming".
Given his age and mediocre performance in the years before his suspension, there is good reason to be sceptical (leaving aside the question of his admitted steroid use) that he has discovered a fountain of youth.
She clattered into the second barrier in the 100m hurdles and was unusually mediocre in the high jump.
But these listeners, like the musicians they follow, understand that it is worth bearing with the good, and even the mediocre, in the hope that an unknown great score is just over the horizon.
I'd still be living a life that was content and good, but truthfully, mediocre in the eyes of God.
Look up the word mediocre in the dictionary, and you'll see Phil Hemmings.
"As a historian, I need to have a long-term vision, and the problem with France is that it's a country that loves history but has a very weak historical memory — and its élites, in particular, are mediocre, in the sense that they have no capacity for projection, for seeing what's happened or what's coming.
This year we were kind of mediocre in the standings, and maybe that's what we needed — just to get in the playoffs, not really caring about home ice or who we were playing, just knowing that comfortably and confidently as a team we could be in this position.
BOTTOM LINE The Jets are, at best, mediocre in the passing game, and their rushing attack is nothing special.
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