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Definition of underperform verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

underperform

verb

NAmE//ˌʌndərpərˈfɔrm//

[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they underperform

he / she / it underperforms

past simple underperformed

-ing form underperforming

to not be as successful as was expected

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