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Recent Examples of underwhelm
Left guard Brady Christensen, who missed all but one game last season, could be an option, even if that might underwhelm onlookers.
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Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2024
The Portland Thorns shared an update on their forthcoming sale, the Portland Timbers advanced in Leagues Cup, and the USWNT continues to underwhelm on the World Cup stage.
—oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
First came 14 minutes of work-in-progress footage from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the long-gestating sequel to 2018’s Oscar-winning Best Animated Feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which seemed to underwhelm the 4,000-something CinemaCon audience.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2023
Those numbers may underwhelm, as even a single physical qubit has a lower error rate.
—Byadrian Cho, science.org, 22 Feb. 2023
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Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2024
The Portland Thorns shared an update on their forthcoming sale, the Portland Timbers advanced in Leagues Cup, and the USWNT continues to underwhelm on the World Cup stage.
—oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
First came 14 minutes of work-in-progress footage from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the long-gestating sequel to 2018’s Oscar-winning Best Animated Feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which seemed to underwhelm the 4,000-something CinemaCon audience.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2023
Those numbers may underwhelm, as even a single physical qubit has a lower error rate.
—Byadrian Cho, science.org, 22 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underwhelm
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He is wearied but stays firm in the notion that his job isn’t to badger and demean the half of the country that disagrees with him.—
Ismail Muhammad,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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But this is a fanbase — and perhaps a team — wearied by near-misses.—
James McNicholas,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Also, notice that balance doesn’t mean boring or drafting low-upside players.—
Owen Poindexter,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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The biggest reason the internet appears bored and uninterested with the Samsung Galaxy S25 range can be attributed to the maturation and plateauing of the smartphone market.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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But three weeks into their stay — Spain arrived in New Zealand well in advance of its first game, hoping to draw the sting from the jet lag — the place had started to pall.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
3 Aug. 2023
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But after a time, the combination of abrasive, impenetrably shellacked characters and deliberately, hopelessly tangled shaggy-dog storytelling begins to pall, and viewers may wish for a simpler way in.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2022
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“Underwhelm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underwhelm. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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