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underachieve
/ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːv/ verb [I]Definition
› to do less well than you could or should: What are the schools doing to make these children underachieve? Students in these six states are underachieving significantly compared to the national average.
(Definition of underachieve verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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