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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
underperforming en · ADJ
Meanings
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That performs less well than required.
The goal was scruffy, with some debate over whether Johnson got the last touch - and was totally in keeping with the tepid domestic seasons of these two underperforming sides, but no-one at Spurs will care about that.
2025 May 21, Simon Stone, “Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport:Underperforming operators will risk termination of their contracts.
2021 June 2, “Network News: Passenger service contracts”, in RAIL, number 932, page 9:
Forms
Antonyms
overperforming
Hypernyms
performing
underperforming en · VERB
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of underperform