underachievement

Examples

• All

• As children who engaged in bullying got older, their risk for academic underachievement and dropping out of school increased.

  Academic text (2008)

• However, the ongoing underachievement and high dropout rate of some racial/ethnic groups are still of major concern.

  Academic text (2011)

• If students are not given the opportunity to become active participants in their learning, underachievement may result.

  Academic text (1991)

• Both programs were developed to change patterns of underachievement in students to patterns of success.

  Academic text (1993)

• However, members of this profile type show a clear pattern of underachievement in writing.

  Academic text (1994)

• The larger problem connected to the underachievement may be their lack of social adeptness.

  Academic text (1991)

• Few other programs have reported their rates for underachievement or attrition in published articles.

  Academic text (1995)

• To what extent do social, psychological, and cultural forces influence underachievement among the Black students sampled?

  Academic text (1993)

• Although reasons for previous grade retention were not investigated, academic underachievement seems a plausible cause.

  Academic text (1991)

• The author suggests that differential attitudes and treatment of minority students may contribute to underachievement.

  Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

U

underperformance

vsunderachievement

3 4.6

A person, team, or company not doing as well as expected

is specific to people doing worse than their ability predicts

Antonyms

O

overachievement

1 6.2

A result that is much better than people expected

How Well

success

∞ 1.0

achievement

344 2.3

average

∞ 1.0

underachievement

1 5.4

failure

557 1.3

Surface Forms

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Etymology