Sentence examples for seen as mediocre from inspiring English sources

His small re-election margin and his projected historic ratings mean that the Obama administration has largely been seen as mediocre, which in turn suggests that the next age cohort will walk the middle of the road.

During his five-year career break he was content to sit back so long as McCartney was producing what Lennon saw as mediocre material.

Though profitable, Penney was seen as a mediocre retailer that was losing ground to competitors like Macy's and Kohl's.

Mr. Romney will be seen as a mediocre candidate, a chameleon, and an unprincipled political opportunist who snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

This was Tim's first bookshop and garnered much praise and publicity for its refreshing independence in a world of grey WHSmiths, much as the London Review Bookshop did five years ago by which time Waterstone's was seen as the mediocre behemoth, prompting Colm Toibin to write, "Up to ten years ago, each manager could order and select according to his and her taste and judgement.

On Wall Street, where grade inflation is rampant, anything less than a "buy" is often seen as a mediocre score.

The report by Dr. Vagelos's committee -- which envisions a system similar to that of the University of California, linking the state's medical schools and colleges -- was highly critical of what it saw as the mediocre reputation of the University of Medicine and Dentistry.

The amusing paradox is that elsewhere in finance bankers are often seen as exactly the kind of mediocre bureaucrats the hero in The Fountainhead despises.

He did not succeed, and, at age 40, he saw himself as "mediocre and without imagination".

The pervading culture sees "satisfactory" as mediocre or only average and this is not helping to improve teaching, or indeed our use of the English language.

To be honest, when I look at the products of engineers' work I can't help seeing them as mediocre imitations of the amazing creations of the natural world.