Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To fail to excite, stimulate, or impress: "He is just as entitled to be underwhelmed by the prospect of reigning over a fourth-class nation as the rest of us are by the prospect of living in it” ( Peter Jay).
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To interest less than anticipated; to be dull to (a person).
Etymologies
- under- + (over)whelm. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“It's a version of what might be called the "underwhelm" phenomenon – when journalists archly declare themselves to be "underwhelmed", as if informing the reader: do you see what I did?”
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“This is one of the first ARM netbooks available, there will be many others, maybe some that will not "underwhelm" the Windose fanbois.”
“But investors and analysts fear the deal will underwhelm, owing to political differences that have led Europe to scale down the measures' ambition.”
“But investors and analysts fear the deal will underwhelm, owing to political differences that have forced Europe to scale down the measures' ambition.”
“I have a feeling Iron Man 2 is going to underwhelm.”
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“It seems to me that they can only underwhelm or disappoint at this juncture," said Scott Graham , head of the U.S. government trading desk at BMO Capital Markets, one of the 22 primary dealers that trades directly with the Federal Reserve and are obligated to bid at Treasury auctions.”
“But successful geoeningeering might also encourage industrialized nations to continue to underwhelm on climate policy, because they would be protected from the consequences of their carbon emissions for longer.”
“European leaders meet Friday to debate a package to resolve the euro zone's debt crisis, but investors fear the deal will underwhelm due to political differences that have led Europe to scale down the measures' ambition.”
“On a day when the higher-yielding euro was already under pressure from Portugal's mounting economic problems and jitters that European Union leaders would underwhelm markets with a proposal to address the euro-zone's sovereign-debt travails, the news boosted the dollar across the board.”
“Now they seem to underwhelm us for some reason; when today's gunwriters list their favorite cartridges they usually forget to mention a 7mm Mag.”
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