Tom has been an underachiever all his life.
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Underachiever
Synonyms for "underachiever" (6 found)
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8 translations across 5 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 后进生 noun (one who underachieves)
Finnish
1 entries- alisuorittaja noun (one who underachieves)
German
2 entries- Minderleister noun (one who underachieves)
- Minderleisterin noun (one who underachieves)
Icelandic
2 entries- bekkjarlalli noun (one who underachieves)
- fúx noun (one who underachieves)
Spanish
2 entries- infralogrador noun (one who underachieves)
- sublogrador noun (one who underachieves)
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Woody Allen has provided what is probably the best theological answer to the problem of evil: God is not evil; He is just an underachiever.
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Bart: (reading his permanent record) "Underachiever and proud of it." How old is this thing?
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For the TLC undertaking, he employs only underachievers, cronies who have been hired for their ability to make the work site madcap and, therefore, filmable.
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