UNDERACHIEVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does underachieve mean? • UNDERACHIEVE (verb)
The verb UNDERACHIEVE has 1 sense:
1. perform less well or with less success than expected
Familiarity information: UNDERACHIEVE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• UNDERACHIEVE (verb)
Meaning:
Perform less well or with less success than expected
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
underachieve; underperform
Context examples:
John consistently underachieves, although he is very able / My stocks underperformed last year
Hypernyms (to "underachieve" is one way to...):
do; perform (get (something) done)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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