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underˈwhelm, v. joc.
[f. under-1 10 a, after overwhelm v.]
trans. To leave unimpressed, to arouse little or no interest in. Chiefly as underˈwhelmed pa. pple. and ppl. a., and underˈwhelming ppl. a.
1956T. K. Quinn Giant Corporations viii. 61 He wrote..commending the action of one of the giant corporations for a..price reduction at a time when prices were rising. I was underwhelmed, and investigated. 1968Punch 17 July 81/2, I agree that the wretched parents are not to be penalised till 1969 and I'm sure they are under-whelmed with gratitude. 1970Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 3 July 47/1 Victoria Fair got off to a quite underwhelming start..with a concert in the University of Victoria gym. 1972Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Dec. 1569/4 Both the prose and the play are underwhelming. 1978Ottawa Citizen 2 Mar. 3/3 The Sparks Street post office ran out of applications..but a survey of other post offices..showed the public was generally underwhelmed. 1984Observer 15 Jan. 9/3 He was..fluent in speech and crashingly dull. If there was an opportunity to be underwhelming, he unfailingly seized it. |