Similar words: underperform, performer, underfoot, under foot, under penalty of, unperformed, order form, tender for. Meaning: n. 1. a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates 2. a business that is less successful than expected.
1. The film Rounders is a real underperformer.
2. The dispassionate euphemism "underperformer" is one that I have never heard anyone use to describe themselves.
3. Sam*, an associate who had been labeled an underperformer, was assigned to work on the project.
4. The single euro zone currency is still down more than 5 percent against the dollar and 4.6 against the yen in 2010 to date, making it an underperformer among major currencies.
5. The IT sector, down 1.6 percent, was the biggest underperformer, followed by the materials and telecoms.
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