underachiever

Example Sentences

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It has been a year of the underdog - and also, in a couple of cases, the underachiever.

From BBC • May 27, 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

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

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