underwhelm

== English == === Etymology === From under- +‎ whelm: a humorous coinage by novel negation of overwhelm first recorded in the 1950s. === Pronunciation === === Verb === underwhelm (third-person singular simple present underwhelms, present participle underwhelming, simple past and past participle underwhelmed) To fail to impress; to perform disappointingly. ==== Antonyms ==== overawe, overwhelm ==== Translations ==== === See also === anticlimax damp squib === References ===