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The Clue
Run-of-the-mill (8 letter answer)
The Answer
MEDIOCRE
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Notes
The answer MEDIOCRE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
MEDIOCRE as an adjective:
1. (mediocre, second-rate) = moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"
2. (average, fair, mediocre, middling) = lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"
3. poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists"