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单词 underachiever
释义

underachiever

noun

un·​der·​achiev·​er ˌən-dər-ə-ˈchē-vər How to pronounce underachiever (audio)
: one (such as a student) that fails to attain a predicted level of achievement or does not do as well as expected
underachieve
ˌən-dər-ə-ˈchēv How to pronounce underachiever (audio)
intransitive verb
underachievement
ˌən-dər-ə-ˈchēv-mənt How to pronounce underachiever (audio)
noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Is Alicia Keys an underachiever, an overachiever, or both? George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 The Aussie had become tennis’ most frustrating underachiever, tanking matches and acting terribly when things weren’t going his way. Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022 Atlanta -- last year’s conference finalist and a relative underachiever this season -- is all that stands between Cleveland and its first playoff appearance without LeBron James in more than two decades. Chris Fedor, cleveland, 14 Apr. 2022 Providing the throughline is Berenger (Mary Myers), an underachiever in a small town who pines after his acquaintance Daisy (Momo Nakamura) and tolerates merciless needling by his friend Jean (Stephen Murray). Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2022 Krzyzewski believes the hunger factor could be the difference-maker in whether this group becomes an underachiever with an early NCAA tourney exit or an overachiever that cuts down the nets in April. Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2022 Garoppolo spent the first 53 minutes of Sunday’s game taking a sledgehammer to his reputation as a playoff underachiever and the last seven minutes pouring more gasoline onto the narrative. Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2022 In this interpretation, Wenwu looms as the big bad tiger dad to Shang-Chi, the gifted underachiever who’s gone West and gone soft. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2021 Last week, due almost entirely to a lack of viewer awareness, Chiu barely avoided elimination against ballroom underachiever Martin Kove. Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

underachiever

noun

un·​der·​achiev·​er ˌən-dər-ə-ˈchē-vər How to pronounce underachiever (audio)
: a person (as a student) who fails to attain a predicted level of achievement or does not do as well as expected

underachiever

noun

as in slacker

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • slacker
  • goldbrick
  • goof-off
  • lowbrow

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • bookworm
  • nerd
  • geek
  • dork
  • weenie
  • wonk
  • intellectual
  • dink
  • swot
  • highbrow
  • grind
  • genius
  • brain
  • double-dome
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