underachievement

Variant of underachieve

underachieve definition

under·achieve (un′dər ə c̸hēv′)

intransitive verb underachieved -·chieved′, underachieving -·chiev′·ing

  1. to fail to do as well in school studies as might be expected from scores made on intelligence tests
  2. to perform below expectations

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