underachiever
Example Sentences
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This club has won back to back NFC Easts and delivered a title just two seasons ago, but remains dogged by underachiever vibes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
Garoppolo spent the first 53 minutes of Sunday’s game taking a sledgehammer to his reputation as a playoff underachiever and the last seven minutes pouring more gasoline onto the narrative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
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 Mihai Nadin
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