underachiever
English
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editEtymology
editFrom underachieve + -er.
Noun
editunderachiever (plural underachievers)
- One who underachieves, i.e. performs less well than expected. [from 1950s]
- Antonym: overachiever
- 2000, “Skinner's Sense of Snow”, in The Simpsons, season 12 (television production):
- Bart: (reading his permanent record) "Underachiever and proud of it." How old is this thing?
- 2010, “Doin' It Again”, in How I Got Over, performed by The Roots:
- This unsung, underrated, under-appreciated / The one them underachievers had underestimated / Finally graduated, I'm one of the most hated
Translations
editone who underachieves
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Further reading
edit- underachiever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia