underachiever

Example Sentences

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Now you all are back to viewing them as worthless underachievers…

From Los Angeles Times

That legacy, not any mythical double standard, makes Latinos eternal political underachievers in a city where they make up 50% of the population.

From Los Angeles Times

Bale elevated Wales to new heights, embodying his nation's rise from lowly underachievers to major tournament regulars.

From BBC

His background is not that of the bootstrapping underachiever who overcame debilitating poverty; his parents are both professionals.

From Washington Post

We in the media love false equivalence — as if a party that embraces racism, authoritarianism and misogyny should ever be held equivalent to a party of do-gooder incompetent underachievers.

From Salon