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underimpressed

underimpressed adjective: not strongly impressed; underwhelmed, disappointed. Also the simple past and past participle of underimpress.

Adjective

underimpressed (comparative more underimpressed, superlative most underimpressed)

  1. (uncommon) Not strongly impressed; underwhelmed, disappointed.
    • America remains distinctly underimpressed with the acts we send out there, whether they’re our biggest rock bands, such as Oasis, or our smartest pop stars, such as Robbie Williams.2004 November 7, Mark Edwards, “Pop: We'll take America”, in The Times, London: The Times, retrieved 21 Nov 2019
    • "I am searching for words that are not insulting. I was very underimpressed," Mr. Galloway said.2005 July 2, Lizette Alvarez, quoting George Galloway, “A Scotsman With the Gifts of Gab and Jab”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Also used as

underimpressed is also the simple past and past participle of underimpress.

Antonyms of underimpressed

Forms of underimpressed

comparativemore underimpressed
superlativemost underimpressed

Questions about underimpressed

What does underimpressed mean?
Underimpressed means not strongly impressed; underwhelmed, disappointed.
What part of speech is underimpressed?
Underimpressed is an adjective.

Words near underimpressed in the dictionary

  1. underimmunized
  2. underimmunizes
  3. underimmunizing
  4. underimmunosuppression
  5. underimpress
  6. underimpressed
  7. underimpresses
  8. underimpressing
  9. underimproved
  10. underinclusion
  11. underinclusions

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