underwhelm
English edit
Etymology edit
under- + whelm: a humorous coinage by novel negation of overwhelm[1] first recorded in the 1950's.[2]
Verb edit
underwhelm (third-person singular simple present underwhelms, present participle underwhelming, simple past and past participle underwhelmed)
Antonyms edit
Translations edit
fail to impress
Finnish: olla mitäänsanomaton
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ “underwhelm”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ “underwhelm”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.