underwhelm
underwhelm verb: to fail to impress; to perform disappointingly.
Verb
underwhelm (third-person singular simple present underwhelms, present participle underwhelming, simple past and past participle underwhelmed)
- To fail to impress; to perform disappointingly.
- The fact that I even mentioned YouTube in the same paragraph as the middling TV company ViacomCBS and Twitter … well, that says something about how YouTube has underwhelmed for some time.2021 August 5, Shira Ovide, “YouTube Is Underwhelming”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
underwhelm meaning in Tamil
underwhelm in Tamil
- ஏமாற்றமளி
Antonyms of underwhelm
Forms of underwhelm
| third-person singular present | underwhelms |
|---|---|
| present participle | underwhelming |
| past participle | underwhelmed |
| past | underwhelmed |
Origin of underwhelm
From under- + whelm: a humorous coinage by novel negation of overwhelm first recorded in the 1950s.
Questions about underwhelm
- What does underwhelm mean?
- Underwhelm means to fail to impress; to perform disappointingly.
- What is underwhelm in Tamil?
- Underwhelm in Tamil is ஏமாற்றமளி. See Underwhelm meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is underwhelm?
- Underwhelm is a verb.
- What is the past tense of underwhelm?
- The past tense of underwhelm is underwhelmed.
Words near underwhelm in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: underwhelm (page history and authors); underwhelm (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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