Even outside the Anglo-Saxon world, underperforming public companies have become vulnerable to hostile takeover.
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Underperform
Synonyms for "underperform" (2 found)
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Verb(1 words)
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11 translations across 6 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- alisuorittaa verb (underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations)
- alisuoriutua verb (underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations)
German
3 entries- but see hinter den Erwartungen zurückbleiben verb (underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations)
- die Erwartungen enttäuschen verb (underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations)
- unterdurchschnittlich abschneiden verb (underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations)
Polish
2 entries- but see dokonywać verb (underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations)
- dokonać verb (underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations)
Romanian
1 entries- subperforma verb (underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations)
Spanish
2 entries- menosdesempeñar verb (underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations)
- menosdesempeñarse verb (underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations)
Swedish
1 entries- underprestera verb (underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
She inhabits the prose’s terrible serenity and glacial horror — the translator’s hand never overwhelms or underperforms.
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Jesus' finishing has been one of the main concerns - since the start of last season the 23-year-old has underperformed his Premier League expected goals tally by 6.97goals (in short, he has scored seven fewer goals than would be expected from the chances presented to him).
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Former HS2 Ltd chairman Sir David Higgins provided a timely reminder of why Britain needs HS2 in a letter to The Times on September 25, in which he asked: "Why are so few FTSE 100 companies based outside the South East? Why is there such a brain drain of graduates from the North? Why do northern cities underperform compared with their European counterparts?
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