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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
underwhelm .
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Examples
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At a sales convention, he underwhelms his colleagues with puffed-up patter, dismisses the idea of giving his hardworking secretary a better job because of the limitations of the "female brain" and then displays his own astute powers of observation by picking up an overserved blonde who steals his wallet.
'Undefeated': Real School Football (Almost) John Anderson 2012
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Even when the material underwhelms — as it often did this year with Jack's marriage and baby story lines — Baldwin, a two-time winner, elevates it to a new level.
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Wanna bet come March 25th, if Sucker Punch underwhelms, that the media and behind-the-scenes execs will be crowing about how female action fantasies don't work?
Scott Mendelson: Why Wonder Woman belongs on television, where female superheroes thrive. Scott Mendelson 2011
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Steve Ballmer keynote underwhelms - but hints that Windows has won internal battle
CES 2011: Fulton Innovations is ready to cook your food - wirelessly 2011
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Even when the material underwhelms — as it often did this year with Jack's marriage and baby story lines — Baldwin, a two-time winner, elevates it to a new level.
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Wanna bet come March 25th, if Sucker Punch underwhelms, that the media and behind-the-scenes execs will be crowing about how female action fantasies don't work?
Scott Mendelson: Why Wonder Woman belongs on television, where female superheroes thrive. Scott Mendelson 2011
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And, more often than not, he routinely underwhelms at the box office — see: The International, Children of Men, Derailed, Closer and King Arthur.
Box Office Breakdown: Monsters Is Big, Haunting Shocks and Julia and Clive Bottom Out 2009
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And, more often than not, he routinely underwhelms at the box office — see: The International, Children of Men, Derailed, Closer and King Arthur.
Box Office Breakdown: Monsters Is Big, Haunting Shocks and Julia and Clive Bottom Out 2009
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It's not that this actually turns me off, it simply underwhelms me.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama Camp Responds To Hillary Barb 2009
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It's not that this actually turns me off, it simply underwhelms me.
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