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The Christmas tree was an underwhelming two feet tall, there was no backdrop and guests dressed down for this party.

So far, the vast new Marks and Spencer store in Shanghai seems to be underwhelming consumers in the shopping capital of China.

Its underwhelming conclusion was that Yahoo had to be more "relevant" to its users, advertisers and partners.

It's a shame, even if it is inevitable, to have all this boil down to one final. Especially a final that was as underwhelming as that.

So far, however, government response to his chopper project has been underwhelming to say the least.

All this helps explain why China's stimulus has been slow to arrive and why, now that it has arrived, it's a little underwhelming.

For politicians looking to claim victory against evil speculators, "underwhelming" is not going to be enough.

When the Indian government released its interim trade policy in late February, it was the latest in a series of underwhelming announcements.

The PR team continues to trumpet the technology as the next big thing, but the demonstrations are underwhelming at best.

So far in 2011, just three companies from China have completed IPOs in the U. S. , and the results were underwhelming.

But straight couples have the choice of a civil or a religious ceremony whereas gays are stuck with an underwhelming secular one.

Palmer was underwhelming and a little bland in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice. "

Blame a political establishment of underwhelming talent and vision, and an almighty constitutional mess.

Up to last June, Japan had had four short-lived prime ministers in as many years, each underwhelming.

As almost his first campaign appearance in Kabul, ahead of presidential and provincial elections due on August 20th, this was underwhelming.

Some rivals, like HP, which announced it would stop making its underwhelming TouchPad, have thrown in the towel.

One explanation may be that his offspring appear an underwhelming lot, with no great lust for power.

Yet one social networking metric is distinctly underwhelming: the one with a dollar sign.

Or take another underwhelming innovation: the creation of systemic regulators to contain bubbles.

I even hum along with the overproduced, underwhelming renditions of the nominated songs.

The euro zone's political leaders, alas, are a fractious and underwhelming lot.

The Fed is expected to keep interest rates steady at 2 percent, given the recent underwhelming readings on the economy.

User satisfaction has been underwhelming, and IT departments have largely opted to stick with Vista's predecessor, Windows XP.

Yet another new Web-based project management software package may seem underwhelming at first glance.

An underwhelming hotel buffet is $75 and a pizza on the street $25.

Kraft called the argument "underwhelming. "

Support for core values associated with the transition, such as markets and democracy, is underwhelming.

Meanwhile government initiatives to revive lending, for example through America's Small Business Administration, have proved underwhelming.

Last year, it closed down the online store for its first Google-branded phone, the Nexus One, citing the store's underwhelming performance.