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Vinony

underperform

verb

  1. to perform in a manner failing to meet expectations
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verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English perform English underperform From under- + perform.

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

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

    “She inhabits the prose’s terrible serenity and glacial horror — the translator’s hand never overwhelms or underperforms.”