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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
underachieve .
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Examples
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Then all will defend SLoan again when this team "underachieves" but like a fool for punishment i will still root and hope.
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Then all will defend SLoan again when this team "underachieves" but like a fool for punishment i will still root and hope.
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But the result is bound to bring more chin-stroking and head-scratching: Why does Messi's Barcelona steamroll the opposition while Messi's Argentina underachieves?
A Tale of Two Messis Gabriele Marcotti 2011
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But when a team that has the tools—maybe not the best in the league, but certainly enough to hang in with better clubs—underachieves, the backlash is fiercer, often personal.
Jets Are the Red Sox Without the Beer Jason Gay 2012
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On a two-year cycle, if the national team underachieves, there's a clamour from 60 million people.
Time to choose between England and Premier League, says Stuart Pearce 2011
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But the sportsman who deliberately underachieves – who subverts the bible‑sworn evidence of our own eyes, who by decreeing that seeing is no longer believing destroys the integrity of himself, his sport and his witness – is a more sinister being altogether.
Formula One, Integrity Nil: Ferrari and the worst brand of cheating 2010
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Can you be the best hockey player in the world if your team underachieves to such a degree? ....
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It is common to hear a parent take pride in the fact that her child who seriously underachieves in the classroom possesses terrific “people skills.”
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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It is common to hear a parent take pride in the fact that her child who seriously underachieves in the classroom possesses terrific “people skills.”
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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It is common to hear a parent take pride in the fact that her child who seriously underachieves in the classroom possesses terrific “people skills.”
It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend Richard Lavoie 2005
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