underwhelmv.

Brit.

/ˌʌndəˈwɛlm/, U.S.

/ˌəndərˈ(h)wɛlm/

Etymology: < under- prefix¹ 5(a), after overwhelm v.

jocular.

transitive. To leave unimpressed, to arouse little or no interest in. Chiefly as underˈwhelmed adj. and underˈwhelming adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > lack of wonder > [adjective] > not wondering or astonished

unstonied1508

unsurprised1591

unamazed1598

undazzled1644

unawed1693

unshocked1712

undazed1746

unwondering1788

matter of course1827

unastonished1828

underwhelmed1956

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > lack of wonder > [adjective]

wonderless1601

unformidable1667

unsurprising1671

unstartling1729

unmarvellous1790

matter of course1827

unsensational1854

underwhelming1970

1956 T. 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.

1968 Punch 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.

1970 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 3 July 47/1 Victoria Fair got off to a quite underwhelming start..with a concert in the University of Victoria gym.

1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Dec. 1569/4 Both the prose and the play are underwhelming.

1978 Ottawa 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.

1984 Observer 15 Jan. 9/3 He was..fluent in speech and crashingly dull. If there was an opportunity to be underwhelming, he unfailingly seized it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	underwhelm
释义	underwhelmv. Brit. /ˌʌndəˈwɛlm/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈ(h)wɛlm/ Etymology: < under- prefix¹ 5(a), after overwhelm v. jocular. transitive. To leave unimpressed, to arouse little or no interest in. Chiefly as underˈwhelmed adj. and underˈwhelming adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > lack of wonder > [adjective] > not wondering or astonished unstonied1508 unsurprised1591 unamazed1598 undazzled1644 unawed1693 unshocked1712 undazed1746 unwondering1788 matter of course1827 unastonished1828 underwhelmed1956 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > lack of wonder > [adjective] wonderless1601 unformidable1667 unsurprising1671 unstartling1729 unmarvellous1790 matter of course1827 unsensational1854 underwhelming1970 1956 T. 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. 1968 Punch 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. 1970 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 3 July 47/1 Victoria Fair got off to a quite underwhelming start..with a concert in the University of Victoria gym. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Dec. 1569/4 Both the prose and the play are underwhelming. 1978 Ottawa 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. 1984 Observer 15 Jan. 9/3 He was..fluent in speech and crashingly dull. If there was an opportunity to be underwhelming, he unfailingly seized it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1956
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