UNDERPERFORM Definition & Meaning

underperform

[ uhn-der-per-fawrm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with or without object)

to perform less well than (another of its kind, a general average, etc.) or less well than expected:
Surprisingly, the stock has underperformed the market indexes all year. Several of our best players consistently underperform.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of underperform¹

under- + perform

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The UK economy is widely seen to be underperforming and global factors, such as US trade tariffs, are having an indirect impact on the UK.

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"If we are being honest in this moment, everybody, me, all the players, we are underperforming this season," said the former Sporting boss.

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With the economy seen to be underperforming and global factors, such as US trade tariffs, indirectly impacting the UK, there is growing speculation over whether the chancellor will break her self-imposed rules on borrowing.

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Steward, who voted for Trump for president in three straight elections, said she believed job cuts would focus on early retirements and workers who underperformed.

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"We have been underperforming for several seasons now and that's not down to a manager," he said.

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