Meanings
nounaverageness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state or quality of being average.
‘Sometimes I feel like itʼs our mediocrity that saved us. Our averageness made us hold on to a centre, in a way that brilliant people canʼt.ʼ
2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 374
Synonyms & antonyms
nounordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
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averageness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/averageness
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“averageness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/averageness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “averageness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/averageness.
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