[uhn-der-hwelm, -welm] 
| to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie. |
| un·der·whelm (ŭn'dər-hwělm', -wělm') tr.v. un·der·whelmed, un·der·whelm·ing, un·der·whelms To fail to excite, stimulate, or impress: "He is just as entitled to be underwhelmed by the prospect of reigning over a fourth-class nation as the rest of us are by the prospect of living in it" (Peter Jay). [under- + (over)whelm.] |
dərˈʰwɛlm