If you refer to the ~ of something, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be better.
...the ~ of most contemporary literature...
N-UNCOUNT disapproval
If you refer to the ~ of something, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be better.
...the ~ of most contemporary literature...
N-UNCOUNT disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012