Unacceptable vs Mediocre - What's the difference?
unacceptable | mediocre |
unsatisfactory; not acceptable
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 16
, author=Denis Campbell
, title=Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'
, work=Guardian
(linguistics) not conforming to accepted usage
Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality;
As adjectives the difference between unacceptable and mediocre
is that unacceptable is unsatisfactory; not acceptable while mediocre is mediocre (ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality).unacceptable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage="This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted, it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm."}}
Synonyms
* inacceptable (less common)Antonyms
* acceptablemediocre
English
Alternative forms
* mediocer (obsolete) * (dated)Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm pretty good at tennis but only mediocre at racquetball.