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UK
/ˌʌndəɹɐtʃˈiːvmənt/
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NOUN
- poorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)
How To Use underachievement In A Sentence
- Cecil Newton wouldn't have tried to sell his kid's skills if there wasn't a market for it, and the chronic academic underachievement at some programs makes the term student-athlete'' an oxymoron on their campuses. StarTribune.com rss feed
- Underachievement often leads to unemployment and long-term disengagement, which is a vicious cycle and it is difficult to come out from such an entrapment. Tower Hamlets: Labour produces its intriguing new mayoral shortlist
- Neither realms are renowned for rewarding mediocrity and underachievement.
- He knows that he carries much of the responsibility for his latest club's current underachievement.
- Anthony Cronin's telling portrait of the time, Dead as Doornails, portrays the boozy pub-centred milieu as a place where the attitude and drinking seemed nihilistic and alcoholism and underachievement were rife.
- These children exhibited significant problems of scholastic underachievement, without any evidence of mental subnormality, learning difficulty or any behavioural or emotional disorder.
- In school-age children, depression can manifest as underachievement and withdrawal from activities.
- Why is the Executive not waging war on underachievement among the underprivileged in our schools?
- Add to this a calamitous exit from the final Champions League qualifier and an early end to their Carling Cup campaign and it has been underachievement all the way.