underperforming

English

Verb

underperforming

1. present participle and gerund of underperform

Adjective

underperforming (comparative more underperforming, superlative most underperforming)

1. That performs less well than required.
   • 2021 June 2, “Network News: Passenger service contracts”, in RAIL, number 932, page 9:

     Underperforming operators will risk termination of their contracts.

   • 2025 May 21, Simon Stone, “Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport‎:

     The goal was scruffy, with some debate over whether Johnson got the last touch - and was totally in keeping with the tepid domestic seasons of these two underperforming sides, but no-one at Spurs will care about that.

Antonyms

• overperforming

Hypernyms

• performing