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underperformed

underperformed is the simple past and past participle of underperform.

Meaning of underperform

Verb

underperform (third-person singular simple present underperforms, present participle underperforming, simple past and past participle underperformed)

  1. (ambitransitive) 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.2002, Robert M. Grant, Contemporary Strategy Analysis: Concepts, Techniques, Applications, page 40

Questions about underperformed

What is underperformed the simple past and past participle of?
Underperformed is the simple past and past participle of underperform.

Words near underperformed in the dictionary

  1. underperceiving
  2. underperception
  3. underperform
  4. underperformance
  5. underperformances
  6. underperformed
  7. underperformer
  8. underperformers
  9. underperforming
  10. underperforms
  11. underperfused

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