underperform

[ uhn-der-per-fawrm ]

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verb (used with or without object)

to perform less well than (another of its kind, a general average, etc.) or less well than expected:
Surprisingly, the stock has underperformed the market indexes all year. Several of our best players consistently underperform.

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of underperform¹

under- + perform

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Between 80 and 120 Jack in the Box restaurants will close by the end of this year, the company said, and additional underperforming locations will shut down in 2026.

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"We know we are underperforming and deserve all the critics, but we have time to make something special of this season."

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Thailand depends on US exports less than Vietnam – under 10% of GDP – but the Thai economy is in much worse shape, having underperformed for the past decade.

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Nemeth described the existing system as an asset that is “starting to really underperform,” and said the tunnel, if it existed now, could have captured more water during storms over the last three years.

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The UK economy is widely seen to be underperforming and global factors, such as US trade tariffs, are having an indirect impact on the UK.

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underpay underpin

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