underperform
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underperform
verb underperforms · underperforming · underperformed
- To underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations, especially with respect to a financial investment. Even outside the Anglo-Saxon world, underperforming public companies have become vulnerable to hostile takeover.
Opposite: overperform
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verb
Opposite: overperform
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verb underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations
| Español | menosdesempeñarse, menosdesempeñar |
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| 中文 | 表現不佳 /表现不佳 biǎoxiàn bùjiā |
| Deutsch | but see hinter den Erwartungen zurückbleiben, die Erwartungen enttäuschen, unterdurchschnittlich abschneiden |
| Română | subperforma |
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title = {underperform},
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