Generic
Mediocre
Mediocre adjective - Of average to below average quality.
Generic and mediocre are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Generic" instead an adjective "Mediocre".
Nearby Word: mediocrity
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Most agree it's a fairly mediocre high school drama with a really generic magic system attached.
Source: Just Here for Godzilla - This doesn't just cover the generic So Bad, It's Good schlock you'd normally expect, but films 'generally regarded as so unremarkably mediocre they don't even attract any trolls who care enough to shit on it' like Weekend at Bernie's (which Jake considers a classic).
Source: Guilty Pleasures - Which would be great if Cena were a heel, but audiences are so bored with his stale gimmick, generic promos, and formulaic matches that almost inevitably culminate in phoned in Five Moves of Doom, and mediocre "psychology", they pretty much default to cheering for whoever he is wrestling against.
Source: Rooting for the Empire
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