Crossword clues for underachieve
underachieve
Wiktionary
underachieve
vb. To achieve less than expected; to fail to fulfil one's potential.
WordNet
underachieve
v. perform less well or with less success than expected; "John consistently underachieves, although he is very able"; "My stocks underperformed last year" [syn: underperform]
Usage examples of "underachieve".
Even 10 years or more after the divorce, Wallerstein and Blakeslee (1989) estimated that 41% of the children of divorce in their study were still doing poorly --underachieving, tense, insecure, self-critical, and/or angry.
It had been that way ever since he'd been a bright, lonely, underachieving boy in Hudson, New York.