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underwhelming

/ ˌʌndəˈwɛlmɪŋ /

adjective

  1. failing to make a positive impact or impression; disappointing

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In a reversal of the time-honoured strategy, it was the latest underwhelming display delivered by Thomas Tuchel's side that sucked the life out of the atmosphere.

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He has not played for the club since and spent last season on an underwhelming loan at Arsenal.

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Riley’s program has exhausted the benefit of the doubt following two underwhelming seasons.

After a competitive Old Trafford tussle against Arsenal, Manchester United put up an underwhelming show at Fulham, one that will have felt familiar to those who watched them last season.

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Call arrived last month as something of an underwhelming deadline acquisition.

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