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Underachievement in a sentence

Underachievement meaning

An achievement that is less than expected; underperformance.

Synonyms of Underachievement

performance overachievement

Related words

Other words often associated with Underachievement or its synonyms:

process demonstration accomplishment action functioning execution presentment operation show presentation achievement

Using Underachievement

  • The main meaning on this page is: An achievement that is less than expected; underperformance.
  • Useful related words include: performance, overachievement.
  • In the example corpus, underachievement often appears in combinations such as: of underachievement, underachievement in.

Context around Underachievement

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 16.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

recommend 1× academic 1× american 1× postseason 1× combat 1×

Often after:

let 1× continues 1×

Sentence patterns with Underachievement

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and postseason underachievement 1× degree of underachievement with the 1× of academic underachievement and social 1× of american underachievement continues 1× prison the underachievement the failure 1× sense of underachievement in what 1× t recommend underachievement let alone 1× to combat underachievement in schools 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

i don t 1× in the past 1× meanwhile the mystery 1× priority areas were 1× squaring this degree 1× the broader discourse 1×

Common sentence endings:

actually getting worse 1× american underachievement continues 1× and postseason underachievement 1× and social disorder 1× delinquency for anybody 1× education was encouraged 1×

Words around Underachievement

Just before it in the word index:

underachieved 6 under 57.106 undependable 2 undeniably 243 undeniable 330 undenge 9

Just after it in the word index:

underachiever 4 underachievers 5 underachieving 17 underactive 5 underactivity 3 underage 353

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 11 aaba 11 aafc 11 aaib 11 aalbers 11 aardvarks 11

Corpus analysis for Underachievement

  • In this selection, "underachievement" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 16.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, recommend, academic, american, let and continues stand out and add context to how "underachievement" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and postseason underachievement and degree of underachievement with the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "underachievement" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with underachievement

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Meanwhile, the mystery of American underachievement continues. (7 words)

I don’t recommend underachievement, let alone delinquency, for anybody. (10 words)

The suicides, the addiction, the homelessness, the prison, the underachievement, the failure to thrive. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Squaring this degree of underachievement with the vast potential of the continent is difficult, as is the fact that, despite all indicators promising the opposite, Africa’s outings are actually getting worse. (32 words)

Priority areas were set up in 1981 as part of a systematic effort to combat underachievement in schools, while technical education was encouraged. (23 words)

I was in the semiconductor industry and had a sense of underachievement in what I was doing. (17 words)

Example sentences (8)

I don’t recommend underachievement, let alone delinquency, for anybody.

The broader discourse suggests that public schools are a morass of academic underachievement and social disorder.

Squaring this degree of underachievement with the vast potential of the continent is difficult, as is the fact that, despite all indicators promising the opposite, Africa’s outings are actually getting worse.

The suicides, the addiction, the homelessness, the prison, the underachievement, the failure to thrive.

I was in the semiconductor industry and had a sense of underachievement in what I was doing.

Meanwhile, the mystery of American underachievement continues.

In the past, Lundqvist has taken for his team’s near-misses and postseason underachievement.

Priority areas were set up in 1981 as part of a systematic effort to combat underachievement in schools, while technical education was encouraged.

Common combinations with underachievement

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • of underachievement 2×
  • underachievement in 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "underachievement" in a sentence?
An example: "I don’t recommend underachievement, let alone delinquency, for anybody." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "underachievement" from authentic English texts.
What does "underachievement" mean?
Underachievement means: An achievement that is less than expected; underperformance.
What are synonyms of "underachievement"?
Common synonyms of "underachievement" include: performance, overachievement.
How many example sentences with "underachievement" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "underachievement", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.