English edit

Etymology edit

under- +‎ performance

Noun edit

underperformance (usually uncountable, plural underperformances)

  1. The state or quality of underperforming
    • 2009 January 29, George Lekakis, “NAB Star is fading”, in Herald Sun[1]:
      The fund manager has been plagued by underperformance and was forced to freeze redemptions on some of its funds at the height of the financial crisis last November.
    • 2019 November 20, “National Rail Conference”, in Rail, page 15:
      Haines added: "A critical factor in underperformance is timetabling, and I know we all talk about our determination never to repeat the disruption of May 2018. I'm therefore pleased that timetabling is one of those areas where, as a industry, we're coming together to try and fix a problem."

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