Sentence examples for mediocre work of from inspiring English sources

Which is better: a mediocre work of art or an outstanding design object?

But these critics ignore something just as important: Decline is one of the greatest themes of Western culture, from Hesiod's "Works and Days" at the dawn of Greek civilization, to the better-known, albeit mediocre work of Oswald Spengler at the beginning of the 20th century ("The Decline of the West").

These are drowned in an ocean of middle-of-the-road to downright mediocre works of art.

Rather than endure years of mediocre work for substandard wages while we tried to rebuild our finances, we chose to explore options that would allow us to start living the retirement life we had dreamed about now.

Don't buy some mediocre work to match your décor.

Besides unduly flattering a lot of mediocre work, the imputation of longing — unfulfilled or otherwise — fails with the show's second-best painter, the Berlin realist Adolph Menzel.

You have completed something difficult that took persistence and wilfulness, and probably you questioned yourselves again and again … What can words add to that except delay the moment you get your diploma?" His real message: that you'll do mediocre work as part of any life path worth pursuing, and that you'll often suspect you're doing it all wrong.

This is indeed the case, a problem that is compounded by an abundance of mediocre work.

For those already doing a bad job, the bonus simply motivated them to turn in an even larger volume of mediocre work.

Bernier may indeed wind up being a good N.H.L. goalie, but at this point, he is no better than a latter-day, pre-injury Rick DiPietro — someone whose one or two good seasons have somehow erased a much larger body of mediocre work.

It is the children of cockpit parents who most often fit the stereotypes of Gen Y: sense of entitlement, consistent need for validation, non-self-starters, mediocre work ethic and a general lack of soft skills.