underachiever
Example Sentences
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Who better to show a chronic underachiever how to maximize his gifts than a player preparing for a record 23rd season?
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025
A committed underachiever, Remi was going blind in her left eye but too slowly to warrant anybody’s concern.
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2024
I vowed to remain an underachiever in Cancer World.
From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022
Here's someone to make you feel like an underachiever - 12-year-old Hend Zaza is the youngest competitor at the Tokyo Olympics.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2021
Bart Simpson, the underachiever, "mediocre and proud of it," is a model for everyone who is told that what really counts is to feel good, period.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
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