Word.ws English Dictionary

underachieving

underachieving is the present participle and gerund of underachieve.

Meaning of underachieve

Verb

underachieve (third-person singular simple present underachieves, present participle underachieving, simple past and past participle underachieved)

  1. To achieve less than expected; to fail to fulfil one's potential.
    Synonyms:
    punch below one's weight, underperform, underattain

Questions about underachieving

What is underachieving the present participle and gerund of?
Underachieving is the present participle and gerund of underachieve.

Words near underachieving in the dictionary

  1. underachievement
  2. underachievements
  3. underachiever
  4. underachievers
  5. underachieves
  6. underachieving
  7. underacinated
  8. underacknowledged
  9. underact
  10. underacted
  11. underacting

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: underachieving (page history and authors); underachieve (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “underachieving.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/underachieving. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.