underachiever

Example Sentences

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From 1966 World Cup champions to persistent underachievers dogged by a rump of hooligan supporters, the team became a source of national anxiety.

From Seattle Times

But he wouldn’t say how they could avoid another early curtain closing, even while acknowledging that something with this latest group of underachievers was askew.

From Los Angeles Times

Bart Simpson came skateboarding onto the scene a few years later in 1989, celebrating and lampooning a whole underserved sector of the nation: underachievers.

From Los Angeles Times

Hunter, the underachiever, struggled with sobriety and lived.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s one of their favorite, grounded in the notion that the team’s culture, coaching and cutting-edge analytics can restore underachievers to the best versions of themselves.

From Los Angeles Times