non-achievern.
/ˌnɒnəˈtʃiːvə/, U.S. /ˌnɑnəˈtʃivər/ A person who consistently fails to achieve, a failure; spec. a person who is unsuccessful in the attainment of educational goals. Cf. overachiever n., under-achiever n.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > failure to achieve or attain > one who
non-achiever1901
miss-mark1908
1901 W. H. Thomas Amer. Negro x. 288 Or class segregations are neither hereditary nor permanent in operation, for the reason that we divide our social forces into achievers and non-achievers, and group them according to their mental, moral, and industrial capacity.
1953 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 24 28 No apparent difference in health status was noted between achievers and non-achievers.
1976 S. Wales Echo 26 Nov. 21/6 These young people are classed as non-achievers, but we can see at first hand as a result of the work in this hall just what they can achieve with a proper leadership.
2001 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 20 Nov. 18 I dismiss 98 per cent of it as twaddle, the sneering criticism of jealous and twisted non-achievers.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1901- not a know i know
- not a little
- not a million miles away from
- not a million miles etc from
- not a million miles from
- not a one dry thread on one
- not a one grue
- not a patch on
- not a penny
- not a person's day
- not a picnic
- not a pin matter
- not a priming to
- not a quinch
- not a rap
- not a sausage
- not a shirt on one's back
- not a shirt to one's back
- not a shot in the locker
- not a snap
- not a soul
- not a stick
- not a stiver
- not a whit
- not a wink