Antedating of "Underwhelmed"

[Fred Shapiro]

underwhelmed (OED 1956)

1948 _Iowa City Press Citizen_ 30 Sept. 6 (Newspaperarchive.com)   He [the
New Englander] is underwhelmed by life rather than overwhelmed.

Fred Shapiro


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