HyperDic: underachieve

English > 1 sense of the word underachieve:
VERBsocialunderachieve, underperformperform less well or with less success than expected
English > underachieve: 1 sense > verb 1, social
Meaningperform less well or with less success than expected.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s
Example"John consistently underachieves, although he is very able"
Synonymunderperform
Broaderdo, performGet (something) done
Nounsunderachievementpoorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)
underachievera student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates

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