Meaning

1 senses

  1. To achieve less than expected; to fail to fulfil one's potential.

    perform less well or with less success than expected

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Tom is a gutless, spineless, gormless, underachieving twat.

    Том безвольний, безхребетний, безініціативний і некомпетентний мудак. — deniko

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  2. Tom was an underachieving student.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · soliloquist · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Forms

underachieves, underachieving, underachieved, underachieved
Base formunderachieve · to underachieve
3rd person singularunderachieves
Present participleunderachieving
Past simpleunderachieved
Past participleunderachieved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunderachieve
he, she, itunderachieves

Past simpleLesson

all personsunderachieved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave underachieved
he, she, ithas underachieved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill underachieve

Synonyms

3 synonyms
punch below one's weightunderperformunderattain
Close in meaning
  • perform less well or with less success than expected:underperform

Word family

2 related words
Relatedunderachievementunderachiever

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
underA1underageB1underbellyunderbrush
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