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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "condition of being mediocre",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "medìokris"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "condition of being mediocre",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mediocridad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "condition of being mediocre",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "medianía"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "condition of being mediocre",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "medelmåttlighet"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "condition of being mediocre",
"word": "dampat"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "condition of being mediocre",
"word": "kadampatan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "condition of being mediocre",
"word": "karampatan"
}
],
"word": "mediocrity"
}
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