underachiever

Example Sentences

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It has been a year of the underdog - and also, in a couple of cases, the underachiever.

From BBC • May 27, 2025

A committed underachiever, Remi was going blind in her left eye but too slowly to warrant anybody’s concern.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2024

I vowed to remain an underachiever in Cancer World.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 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.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2022

Bart Simpson, the underachiever, "mediocre and proud of it," is a model for everyone who is told that what really counts is to feel good, period.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai