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underwhelm
Word definitions for underwhelm in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Underwhelm \Un`der*whelm"\, v. t. To interest less than anticipated; to be dull to (a person).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To fail to impress; to perform disappointingly.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1953 (implied in underwhelming ), a facetious play on overwhelm , with under . Related: Underwhelmed ; underwhelmingly .
Usage examples of underwhelm.
Gelinsky and Ayres had already been underwhelmed by the significance of a cake as a threat.
The police had been politely underwhelmed but did say that they would open a file on it.
He was outraged, scandalized, overwhelmed, underwhelmed, and finally whelmed.
There was some jungle growth, but most of it looked to be fairly flat and sandy, on which were built a series of equally underwhelming buildings, all old-style government prefabs.
It starts with an underwhelming performance on the job and ends with a polite parting of the ways.
The police had been politely underwhelmed but did say that they would open a file on it.
There was some jungle growth, but most of it looked to be fairly flat and sandy, on which were built a series of equally underwhelming buildings, all old-style government prefabs.
They taped at the Hudson Theater and though the movie (which enjoyed a small midnight-movie theater run with a replacement host, Ben Creed) ended up a fairly underwhelming parade of dick jokes and shit jokes, it was twenty-seven-year-old Bill's first unexpurgated performance on film.