Meanings
plural underperformances
- uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of underperforming
The fund manager has been plagued by underperformance and was forced to freeze redemptions on some of its funds at the height of the financial crisis last November.
2009 January 29, George Lekakis, “NAB Star is fading”, in Herald Sun1 more example
Haines added: "A critical factor in underperformance is timetabling, and I know we all talk about our determination never to repeat the disruption of May 2018. I'm therefore pleased that timetabling is one of those areas where, as a industry, we're coming together to try and fix a problem."
2019 November 20, “National Rail Conference”, in Rail, page 15
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Englishperformance
- Englishunderperformance
From under- + performance.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
underperformance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underperformance
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