They do not look a bad team, merely a thoroughly mediocre one.
For Onegin is thoroughly mediocre, the poor sponge of his times.
It was so good, in fact, it made Bana's otherwise decent subsequent career look thoroughly mediocre.
The swarm of Silver Y moths that engulfed the Stade de France and their ensuing battle with birds of prey proved a welcome distraction from what was a thoroughly mediocre conclusion to a similarly average tournament.
Say what you want about the Lakers, and lord knows this writer has, but give them this: even when they are thoroughly mediocre they're still somehow at the center of the NBA world.
She worked in private practice in Little Rock; she married a governor who became president; she ruined the prospect of national health care for decades thanks to her overreaching mismanagement; and she carpetbagged her way into a thoroughly mediocre career in the Senate.
The orchestra, under their regular Dutch guest Jan van Steen, were also in excellent form, which made it all the more surprising that the other two works in the programme – Talich's suite arrangement of Janácˇek's Cunning Little Vixen and Dvorak's New World Symphony – were given such thoroughly mediocre airings.
"My definition of a great golf course is one that a nongolfer will have as much fun walking as a golfer," said Mike Keiser, 58, the self-described "thoroughly mediocre golfer" who owns Pacific Dunes and its sister course, Bandon Dunes.
Then came SQL and Larry Ellison, who inexplicably became the world's sixth-wealthiest man on the back of the thoroughly mediocre Oracle database.
"Six years (72 months) is the point at which it starts to hurt you if you're not getting promoted or better projects … After six years without an obvious record of promotions, it suggests that a person is unambitious and, while not so terrible as to be unable to keep a job, thoroughly mediocre," he added.
Fuzzy Pink Niven's Law applies: It's thoroughly mediocre.
