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English

Etymology
under + perform (of expected performance)

Verb
en-verb|underperforms|underperforming|underperformed

1. To underachieve, not reach standards.

#*2002, Robert M. Grant, Contemporary Strategy Analysis: Concepts, Techniques, Applications, Page 40
#*: "Even outside the Anglo-Saxon world, underperforming public companies have become vulnerable to hostile takeover."

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