underachiever
Example Sentences
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A committed underachiever, Remi was going blind in her left eye but too slowly to warrant anybody’s concern.
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2024
In sports, it’s customary to blame the most flamboyant underachiever you can find, and OBJ has done little to help his image lately.
From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2021
Bickford’s reputation coming in was of a laid-back underachiever, but get him one on one and he quickly becomes an inquisitive extrovert.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2021
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.