Meaning & use
underperforming
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Performing below expectations or below a required standard.
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The company sold off several underperforming divisions.
Teachers were asked to give extra support to underperforming students.
A note on using this word
Widely used in business and education to describe results below a benchmark.
Words with a similar meaning
strugglingsubpar
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Words with an opposite meaning
outperformingthriving
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