underperformance
- noun
- /ˌʌndərpərˈfɔːrməns/
- The team's underperformance in the tournament surprised everyone, as they had trained hard all season.
- overrepresentation and underperformance
So how do we deal with underperformance when the market turns against our style?
- So how do we deal with underperformance when the market turns against our style?
- One take away from this was that while both groups of AI users underperformed, the training did seem to reduce the level of underperformance.
- That's what's called underperformance is that it's sort of mysterious.
Examples
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The school's recent report highlighted the underperformance of students in math compared to previous years.
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A lack of leadership in nonprofit organizations is a key factor in underperformance and failure.
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So how do we deal with underperformance when the market turns against our style?
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There are many reasons for this underperformance, including the following:
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So is this the time to remove managed futures from one's portfolio due to the current underperformance?
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And that at least partially accounts for the transportation sector's underperformance.
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Indeed, the debt itself may be a reason for continued weak consumption and the long-term underperformance of the U.S. economy.
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The reason they blew a 10-game lead is underperformance from the vast majority of the roster.
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Many universities have introduced blind marking in recent years in response to the underperformance of undergraduates from ethnic minorities and male learners.
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Underperformance is much more prevalent in rural areas and inner cities than in suburbs (Viteritti, 2009).
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
Doing less well than expected for a person's ability
How Well
Surface Forms
Morphology
underperformance = underperform (transparent) = under + perform + ance
Formed by the verb 'underperform' + nominalizing suffix '-ance', and the meaning ('performing below a standard') follows directly from 'under-' + 'perform'.
Etymology
The word underperformance breaks into under- meaning 'below' and perform, as in performance, meaning 'to do' or 'how well you do something'. So underperformance is when someone or something is doing 'below' the level people expect.