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Underperform

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations, especially with respect to a financial investment. ambitransitive

    "Even outside the Anglo-Saxon world, underperforming public companies have become vulnerable to hostile takeover."

  2. 2
    perform too rarely wordnet
  3. 3
    perform less well or with less success than expected wordnet

Etymology

From under- + perform.

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