underplacement
underplacement noun: placement below or subordinate to others.
Noun
underplacement (countable and uncountable, plural underplacements)
- Placement below or subordinate to others.
- Assignment to a placement that does not fully use the person's talents.
- the underplacement of gifted students
- After graduation, he landed a job as a patent clerk in the Swiss city of Bern, which qualifies as one of the great professional underplacements of all time.2021, Michael J. Sauter, European Thought and Culture, 1350-1992: Burdens of Knowing
- Extreme underconfidence.
- The mistake of overplacement has led eager and ambitious entrepreneurs to throw their life savings into ventures that fail. The mistake of underplacement, on the other hand, regularly leads to terrible missed opportunities by those who would have succeeded had they only the courage to try.2012, Max H. Bazerman, Don A. Moore, Judgment in Managerial Decision Making, page 27
Antonyms of underplacement
Forms of underplacement
| plural | underplacements |
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Origin of underplacement
From under- + placement.
Questions about underplacement
- What does underplacement mean?
- Underplacement means placement below or subordinate to others.
- What part of speech is underplacement?
- Underplacement is a noun.
- What is the plural of underplacement?
- The plural of underplacement is underplacements.
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