underperformance

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ performance.

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Noun

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."

Related terms

• underperform
• overperformance