underperforms
underperforms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underperform.
Meaning of underperform
Verb
underperform (third-person singular simple present underperforms, present participle underperforming, simple past and past participle 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.2002, Robert M. Grant, Contemporary Strategy Analysis: Concepts, Techniques, Applications, page 40
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- What is underperforms the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Underperforms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underperform.
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