underperformance

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *h₂én
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi
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Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English performance
English underperformance

    From under- + performance.

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    Noun

    underperformance (usually uncountable, plural underperformances)

    1. The state or quality of underperforming
      • 2009 January 29, George Lekakis, “NAB Star is fading”, in Herald Sun‎[1]:
        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.
      • 2019 November 20, “National Rail Conference”, in Rail, page 15:
        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."
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