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UNDERACHIEVEMENT

Dictionary entry overview: What does underachievement mean?

• UNDERACHIEVEMENT (noun)
The noun UNDERACHIEVEMENT has 1 sense:

1. poorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)

Familiarity information: UNDERACHIEVEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• UNDERACHIEVEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Poorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("underachievement" is a kind of...):

performance (any recognized accomplishment)

Antonym:

overachievement (better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests))

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