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UNDERPERFORMER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A business that is less successful than expected
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("underperformer" is a kind of...):
business; business concern; business organisation; business organization; concern (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it)
Derivation:
underperform (perform less well or with less success than expected)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates
Synonyms:
nonachiever; underachiever; underperformer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("underperformer" is a kind of...):
educatee; pupil; student (a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution)
Derivation:
underperform (perform less well or with less success than expected)
