verb
underwhelm
Underwhelm (verb) means to seem less good than people were expecting, and so disappoint them.
verb
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To seem less good than people were expecting, and so disappoint them.
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Etymology
From under- + whelm: a humorous coinage by novel negation of overwhelm first recorded in the 1950s.
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What is the meaning of underwhelm?
"underwhelm" (verb) means to seem less good than people were expecting, and so disappoint them.
What is the opposite of underwhelm?
The opposite of "underwhelm" is overwhelm.
