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underperformer

uhn der per fawr mer

  • n  a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates
  • n  a business that is less successful than expected

  • Locke, long an academic underperformer, will come under new management in just a few weeks.
  • Nor is the remake of Fame gonna live forever: its third-place finish of $10 million was one more underperformer.
  • Nor is the remake of Fame gonna live forever: its third-place finish of $10 million was one more underperformer.
Quotes

  • Andre Marin in 680 News
    Marin called Tarion "a chronic underperformer," and said there is a disconnect between what the government is saying about the warranty program and what the situation actually is.
  • Dick Durbin in Chicago Tribune
    Durbin called federal scrutiny of the spending pressing, insisting that the district is among the state's poorest and "a chronic academic underperformer," and that mismanaging federal funds jeopardizes students' education.
  • Bharath in Bloomberg
    The stock has been an underperformer and people want to know when this is going to end,said Bharath S., an analyst at Sundaram BNP Paribas Mutual Fund in Chennai, India. "The stock reacts every time there is news of the company raising the...

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