Italian-English translations for mediocre

mean
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A criterion based on unambiguously democratic principles would have been better than a mediocre, mean-spirited criterion that was unable to look beyond the scarcity of funding. Un criterio basato su principi democratici chiari sarebbe stato preferibile a un criterio mediocre e meschino, incapace di andare oltre la scarsità di fondi. I didnt mean to knock your tooth outI mean to go to Baddeck this summer
mediocre
us
Nobody is satisfied with mediocre quality. La qualità mediocre non soddisfa nessuno. It is not enough to have mediocre protection for citizens' rights; they must have complete protection. Non è sufficiente avere una tutela mediocre dei diritti dei cittadini: devono essere protetti in maniera totale. That is why my group has not yet decided whether to vote to endorse this mediocre text. Ecco perché, innanzi a questa copia mediocre, il mio gruppo per il momento pone una riserva sul suo voto finale del parere conforme.

so-so
us
The dessert was pretty good, but the meal was so-so.He performed so-so during the tryouts, and the coach was undecided whether to add him to the team or not.