UNDERPERFORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does underperform mean? 

• UNDERPERFORM (verb)
  The verb UNDERPERFORM has 2 senses:

1. perform less well or with less success than expected

2. perform too rarely

  Familiarity information: UNDERPERFORM used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDERPERFORM (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they underperform    ... he / she / it underperforms   
Past simple: underperformed   
Past participle: underperformed   
-ing form: underperforming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perform less well or with less success than expected

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

underachieve; underperform

Context example:

My stocks underperformed last year

Hypernyms (to "underperform" is one way to...):

do; perform (get (something) done)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

underperformer (a business that is less successful than expected)

underperformer (a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perform too rarely

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

Her plays are underperformed, although they are very good

Hypernyms (to "underperform" is one way to...):

perform (give a performance (of something))

Domain category:

performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something