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Underachieving | Underachieved | Underachievers | Underachiever

Underachieving meaning

present participle and gerund of underachieve

Using Underachieving

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of underachieve
  • In the example corpus, underachieving often appears in combinations such as: an underachieving, of underachieving, the underachieving.

Context around Underachieving

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

mets 1× yes 1×

Often after:

young 1× performances 1× yes 1× students 1× promotion 1× ambassador 1× sixers 1× offense 1× team 1× year 1×

Sentence patterns with Underachieving

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

after an underachieving year in 1× against an underachieving team in 1× been an underachieving career thus 1× gills are underachieving promotion is 1× help an underachieving sixers team 1× houston is underachieving 1× in the underachieving performances of 1× league s underachieving teams in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after a season 1× after an underachieving 1× are the mets 1× bad patch yes 1× but sano followed 1× carolina is buying 1×

Common sentence endings:

almost 20 years 1× began to approach 1× by underachieving students 1× career thus far 1× experience in intelligence 1× get better yes 1×

Words around Underachieving

Just before it in the word index:

underachievers 5 underachiever 4 underachievement 8 underachieved 6 under 57.106 undependable 2

Just after it in the word index:

underactive 5 underactivity 3 underage 353 underaged 19 underappreciated 82 underarm 20

Similar in corpus frequency:

aav 21 abdicating 21 abductor 21 abet 21 abh 21 abhorred 21

Corpus analysis for Underachieving

  • In this selection, "underachieving" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, mets, yes, young, performances and yes stand out and add context to how "underachieving" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include after an underachieving year in and against an underachieving team in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "underachieving" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with underachieving

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

Not that Houston is underachieving. (5 words)

Are the Mets underachieving or overachieving? (6 words)

Bad patch, yes; Underachieving, yes; Under performing, yes; Will it get better, yes. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

While the Gills are underachieving - promotion is the aim this season - Accrington are managing to challenge for the play-offs themselves with less resources under a manager who has been there for almost 20 years. (35 words)

In the years after the White Sox’ 2005 World Series title, chief executive Ken Williams was notorious for expressing disappointment in the underachieving performances of his teams as the trade deadline began to approach. (34 words)

Manuel has a lot of work to do to revive an underachieving offense that overcame 15 strikeouts for the win, but the pitching staff did the job against the NL Central leaders. (32 words)

Question examples

Are the Mets underachieving or overachieving? (6 words)

Example sentences (17)

After a season of underachieving for the White Sox last season, World Series talk quickly faded.

Carolina is buying low on an underachieving young scorer, Toronto is making wholesale changes to prepare for the playoffs and two perennial contenders are looking toward the future.

In the years after the White Sox’ 2005 World Series title, chief executive Ken Williams was notorious for expressing disappointment in the underachieving performances of his teams as the trade deadline began to approach.

Are the Mets underachieving or overachieving?

Bad patch, yes; Underachieving, yes; Under performing, yes; Will it get better, yes.

Luna said criteria for those honors include the school’s performance on statewide assessments, campus culture and progress by underachieving students.

While the Gills are underachieving - promotion is the aim this season - Accrington are managing to challenge for the play-offs themselves with less resources under a manager who has been there for almost 20 years.

Grenell, most recently the underachieving ambassador to Germany, has no experience in intelligence.

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He will now be tasked with trying to help an underachieving Sixers team reach their potential in the Eastern Conference.

Manuel has a lot of work to do to revive an underachieving offense that overcame 15 strikeouts for the win, but the pitching staff did the job against the NL Central leaders.

They now look to continue that success against an underachieving team in the Flames.

After an underachieving year in Tampa Bay, the Buccaneers are moving on from Brent Grimes, who still has value in the right situation.

But Sano followed with perhaps the most disappointing season of what has been an underachieving career thus far.

Clearly, Bucks management feels the team is underachieving and the atmosphere isn’t good.

Not that Houston is underachieving.

With a win-loss record of 70-92, it is safe to say that the New York Mets were one of the league’s underachieving teams in 2017.

At the time, it referred to the way of life of underachieving or maligned scholar-officials who distanced themselves from the circles of political power.

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Common combinations with underachieving

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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Underachieving means: present participle and gerund of underachieve
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