underachieveverb [ I ]
uk/ˌʌn.də.rəˈtʃiːv/us/ˌʌn.dɚ.əˈtʃiːv/to do less well than you could or should:
Like a lot of boys his age, he's underachieving.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Failing and doing badly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls-up
- be running on empty idiom
- beat a dead horse idiom
- crack
- crash
- draw
- fail
- fall apart
- flunk out
- fray around/at the edges idiom
- fumble
- get off on the right/wrong foot idiom
- give up on sb/sth
- screw (sth) up
- sink like a stone idiom 1
- sink like a stone
- so much for sth idiom
- stagnate
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