underwhelm
Example Sentences
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This reality is prompting new curiosity about why, exactly, Europe’s economic performance is so underwhelming.
The artistically underwhelming Speak Now clearly prompted a rethink: out went the last vestiges of Swift’s country past and in came pop super-producers Shellback and Max Martin.
From The Guardian
Recent efforts by a more intellectually agile leadership to reverse the policy and undo the damage have seen underwhelming results.
From Washington Post
The results were so underwhelming that Roche’s stock fell 5 percent on the news.
From New York Times
England are still strong favourites, even if it wouldn’t be an entirely underwhelming experience were Broad to dismiss Amla and de Villiers with consecutive deliveries.
From The Guardian
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