How to Use underpowered in a Sentence

underpowered

adjective
Definition of underpowerednext
  • Which brings us to the fact that the NSX was, even when new, underpowered.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Light and underpowered, this cloth bird bounces in the swirling wind.
    — Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2016
  • The microbus was underpowered and a little pokey on the freeways of the '50s and '60s.
    — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Some may find this underpowered and want more fireworks from the movie.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Ditto the app, which is easy to use but way underpowered.
    — David Pierce, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2017
  • The low mids do still feel a little underpowered, and the high mids are a little more pronounced.
    — Christian De Looper, BGR, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Mids and highs come through louder than the bass, which sounds just slightly underpowered to me.
    — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2021
  • For $80, the sound profile is clean, leaving plenty of space for all tones at the cost of underpowered bass.
    — Dan Roe, Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2023
  • An underpowered one will drive slowly and require more passes to get your grass sharp and even.
    — Tony Carrick, Popular Mechanics, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Yet much of the art in this part of the show feels underpowered, and that goes double at an unassuming art space in the west of the city, where the show really collapses.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 12 June 2018
  • And just how underpowered might the Dodge Demon someday seem?
    — Car and Driver, 10 Oct. 2017
  • His gun could hold an impressive 24 rounds, though these were small and underpowered.
    — Matthew Moss, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2022
  • As an e-bike, the X3 is decent but slightly underpowered.
    — Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2021
  • It could also be considered the most French car of the lot in that it’s gorgeous, comfortable, and underpowered.
    — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 23 Sep. 2022
  • People stepped forward to an underpowered microphone to share ideas about how best to prepare for the evening.
    — Megan Molteni, Wired, 1 June 2020
  • The only way to hit the $1,000 target and still get the whole kit is to buy the cheapest model, which uses a vastly underpowered processor.
    — David Pierce, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2018
  • To make matters worse, the underpowered knockoffs had a propensity to overheat and catch fire.
    — Elliot Njus | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Next best options is selling all your underpowered gear to a vendors.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The Wolverines scored 24 consecutive points, and by the early third quarter, the game was out of reach for the undermanned and underpowered Spartans.
    — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Big and square, and generally underpowered, they were built more for getting stuff done than for getting there in a hurry.
    — Charles Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2017
  • Your poor performance can be blamed on your underpowered clothes.
    — Peter Rubin, WIRED, 24 June 2019
  • But the Olds was undersized and underpowered, and went out of production after 1904.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2019
  • Reaching the middle of nowhere, or at least its general vicinity, was a lengthy process, with my underpowered rental car straining every time the road went up (that is, all the time).
    — New York Times, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Push lightly on the pedal and the motor provides a light touch without feeling underpowered.
    — Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 8 June 2019
  • But this isn't a case of an artist selling out — the film is sly and perceptive, overcoming a slightly underpowered middle section to sneak up on you in the final stretch.
    — Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2017
  • Around town, Normal and even Eco never felt underpowered.
    — Dan Seifert, The Verge, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Rotting, underpowered and crewed by novices, the Eliza Anderson is likely the least capable ship to ever sail the open waters around Alaska.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2022
  • An underpowered unit will not cut and grind meat evenly, causing larger pieces of connective tissue to show up in the final product.
    — Brad Fenson, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
  • And some big-name publishers have responded to that sales success with herculean efforts to port high-end games like Doom (2016) and The Witcher to the underpowered system, with mixed results.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2020
  • But road trips can be derailed by an underpowered charging network.
    — Eric Adams, Wired, 15 Dec. 2020

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