Lacklustre and Mediocre

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Lacklustre adjective - Lacking brilliance or vitality.

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Mediocre and lacklustre are semantically related In some cases you can use "Mediocre" instead an adjective "Lacklustre".

Mediocre adjective - Of average to below average quality.

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Lacklustre and mediocre are semantically related in inferior topic. Sometimes you can use "Lacklustre" instead an adjective "Mediocre".

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As an Army commander-in-chief operating at the so-called operational/campaign level of warfare his performance was lacklustre - much like his contemporaries Rommel and Guderian, great tacticians also promoted to jobs they were objectively mediocre at (at best).

Source: Modern Major General

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