When critics say it was a mediocre year for music, that's not the whole story.

What they mean to say is that it was a mediocre year for popular music.

"It's been kind of a real mediocre year for me," he said.

There have been mediocre years, notably 1977 and 1984, with 1980 not much better and 1987 a question mark.

From the wine maker's point of view, 1992 was another mediocre year.

Wine list: Many big red wines that go well with meat (although a few are from mediocre years), at average prices.

But the Yankees have not been mediocre the last nine years.

Which brings the fund up to 1995, a mediocre year thus far.

Universal has had a mediocre year at the box office.

Schnyder had a mediocre year in 2007, where she lost her top-10 ranking.