underwhelm

English

Etymology

under- +‎ whelm: a humorous coinage by novel negation of overwhelm[1] first recorded in the 1950's [2]

Verb

underwhelm (third-person singular simple present underwhelms, present participle underwhelming, simple past and past participle underwhelmed)

  1. To fail to impress; to perform disappointingly.

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References
  1. underwhelm in Collins Dictionary
  2. underwhelm in Oxford English Dictionary
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