Underreach

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To reach insufficiently far; to underachieve. intransitive

    "If anything, she is underreaching with “Women From Antwerp in November, 2007,” which appears on a band of five relatively small screens."

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"If anything, she is underreaching with “Women From Antwerp in November, 2007,” which appears on a band of five relatively small screens."

Etymology

From under- + reach.

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