Mediocre
Mediocre adjective - Of average to below average quality.
Public and mediocre are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Public" instead an adjective "Mediocre".
Nearby Word: mediocrity
Both words in one sentence
- The mistake was made in a public hospital, where the qualifications for the staff and the lack of care are usually mediocre.
Source: Paranoia Fuel / Other -
Spiritual Successor: Since this game was never released to the public, its engine was then used to make the more mediocre (yet still pretty violent) Wu-Tang Shaolin Style.
Source: Video Game / Thrill Kill -
And the public rarely complains because of the exceedingly high quality of the dub performances, which have often taken mediocre shows and made them stellar through the power of acting alone.
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