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What does underachievement mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word underachievement? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. An achievement that is less than expected; underperformance.
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Perhaps even worse than stigmatizing minorities, affirmative action programs obscure the problems that lead to minority underachievement.
Why is the Executive not waging war on underachievement among the underprivileged in our schools?
Internally, they experience students' underachievement, lack of interest in prevailing contents, and unemployability.
In each case, a scale is set for grading the annual bonus up for overachievement or down for underachievement against the annual target.
English sport, that institution of chronic underachievement, has suddenly found people who know how to win.
It can result in significant underachievement, even harm, not to mention wasted resources.

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