underperform

Verb

Meaning

perform too rarely

perform less well or with less success than expected

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

underachieve lose collapse fail drift break down choke abort flop choked choking flounder disappoint flunk backfire
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Antonyms

excel outshout overperform

Hypernyms

perform do

Examples

Properly measured, the average actively managed dollar must underperform the average passively managed dollar, net of costs. Empirical analyses that appear to refute this principle are guilty of improper measurement. William Forsyth Sharpe

Her plays are underperformed, although they are very good Source: Internet

John consistently underachieves, although he is very able Source: Internet

My stocks underperformed last year Source: Internet

But he’s actually tended to underperform his polls. Source: Internet

Credit Suisse Group dropped their target price on Micro Focus International from GBX 990 ($13.02) to GBX 630 ($8.29) and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

underpeopled underpeopling underperceive underperformance underperformer underperforming