underachiever

Example Sentences

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In sports, it’s customary to blame the most flamboyant underachiever you can find, and OBJ has done little to help his image lately.

From Washington Post

Bickford’s reputation coming in was of a laid-back underachiever, but get him one on one and he quickly becomes an inquisitive extrovert.

From Los Angeles Times

Translation: Even the underachievers are pretty good in this league.

From New York Times

While it may be one of soccer’s biggest underachievers, China’s national team is the envy of Asia in terms of preparation for the 2022 World Cup.

From Seattle Times

But the team is a comparative underachiever in the European Championship with its only title in 1968.

From Fox News