Mediocre

adjective/mee-dee-OH-ker/

Meaning

Only okay in quality — not bad, but not good either.

In context
The team gave a mediocre effort and drew a game they should have won.

Remember it

Medi means middle — mediocre sits stuck in the middle, never rising to the top.

Use it well

Use to gently criticise something as just average when better was expected.