Usually means: Perform worse than expectations, benchmarks.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word underperform:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. underperform: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. underperform: Merriam-Webster
  3. underperform: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. underperform: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. underperform: Collins English Dictionary
  6. underperform: Vocabulary.com
  7. Underperform, underperform: Wordnik
  8. underperform: Wiktionary
  9. underperform: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. underperform: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. underperform: Dictionary.com
  12. underperform: Rhymezone
  13. underperform: FreeDictionary.org
  14. underperform: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. underperform: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Underperform: bizterms.net
  4. Underperform: Investopedia
  5. Underperform: Financial dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations, especially with respect to a financial investment.

Similar:
underachieve, underreach, disappoint, fall short, fall behind, miss, underearn, default, fail of, underfinance, more...

Opposite:
overperform, excel, exceed, outperform

Types:
miss, lag, fail, slack, flounder, stumble, blunder, plummet, more...

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Similar:
underachieve, underreach, disappoint, fall short, fall behind, miss, underearn, default, fail of, underfinance, more...

Opposite:
overperform, excel, exceed, outperform

Types:
miss, lag, fail, slack, flounder, stumble, blunder, plummet, more...



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