underachieve

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perform less well or with less success than expected

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Moshiri stated earlier this month their aim is to win the Premier League and compete in the Champions League and for Sutton, those ambitions are another reminder that the club have underachieved consistently.
"It's a side that have underachieved, being eighth in the division, massively underachieved.
Asked if they've underachieved since reaching the 2013 All-Ireland club final, Leahy nodded and said: "100 per cent.
"Yes they probably did have underachieved in the last few years.
Asked, in fact, to assess Louis Van Gaal's tenure at Old Trafford, and whether the Dutchman has underachieved, Allardyce displayed refreshing honesty by addressing his own managerial performance of late, saying: "I don't know really.
"He's, again, another one who's probably underachieved and we'd like him to get back to what we know he can produce, which is the opposite to Jeremain (Lens).
"This squad of players has underachieved but I believe these players are capable of taking us to where we want to be.
Her world underachieved. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) commissioned NatCen to conduct a project to explore why some young people disengaged from education and underachieved at KS4, assess the longer-term impact of such disengagement and underachievement and consider ways in which it may be prevented or countered.
Gerrard believes England have underachieved in recent years, illustrated by their failure to qualify for Euro 2008.
He should have won something by now and he'll be the first to say he's underachieved."
Salford surprised everybody by finishing fifth last year, while Leeds underachieved and will be looking to prove a point.
Troubled Newman admitted: "I know I am under pressure - it has been that way for 16 months but the players must look at themselves because they have underachieved."
It underachieved in terms of cancelled operations and two-week waits for cancer patients and significantly underachieved in its financial management.
Good Hope 'significantly underachieved' in the following areas - seeing women with suspected breast cancer within two weeks, cancelled operations and trolley waits of more than four hours.