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Underwhelming

Underwhelming \Un`der*whelm"ing\, a.

  1. Less interesting than expected; dull.

  2. Smaller than expected or hoped; as, an underwhelming response.

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underwhelming

a. Failing to interest; usually used in response to something that was presented as exciting.

Usage examples of "underwhelming".

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.