Dictionary entry
Underachiever
Pronunciation: /ʌnd(ə)rəˈtʃiːvə/
Pronunciation
/ʌnd(ə)rəˈtʃiːvə/
Myanmar Meaning
စာမလိုက်နိုင်သည့် ကျောင်းသား၊ သူ။
Definition
underachieve / ʌndǝrǝ'tʃi:v / v ( euph ) (စာ) မလိုက္ႏိုင္။ underachievement n [U] ❏ underachiever n စာမလိုက္ႏိုင္သည့္ ေက်ာင္းသား၊ သူ။
Examples
- ‘These are aimed at pupils who are underachieving or at risk of exclusion and cover basic skills like literacy and numeracy as well as sport
- music
- ICT and media courses.’
- ‘This country has underachieved in the world of sport over the last 20 years.’
- ‘‘There is no doubt that the pupils taking their GCSEs underachieved
- ’ the report says.’
- ‘The aim is to nip any problems in the bud before they spiral out of control and lead to youngsters dropping out or underachieving.’
- ‘The disorder is frequently diagnosed in children with behavioural problems or in those who underachieve at school.’
- ‘It is hard to believe he was a child who consistently underachieved at school
- whose reports said ‘nice and friendly’ but never mentioned any outstanding mental ability.’
- ‘For years
- as both clubs underachieved
- there was little to talk about between derby matches apart from the derbies themselves.’
- ‘Primary teachers
- he added
- can readily identify those who will most likely underachieve and drop out early in a society of poverty
- unemployment and social exclusion.’
- ‘In Italy he was dubbed the ‘successful loser’
- a guy everybody seemed to like
- competent but underachieving.’
- ‘There were some players not even celebrating much because they know they underachieved as individuals.’
- ‘It's over
- and we're out
- having underperformed and underachieved in a major tournament yet again.’
- ‘Of course this club has underachieved
- but we are not far away from going on to do really well.’
- ‘This is problem even before the university stage
- these children are underachieving at school and nothing seems to be happening to correct this problem.’
- ‘The analyses served as a mechanism to question current practices and thinking about why some groups of children underachieve in school.’
- ‘While the film is making respectful money
- the trades seem to report that it is underachieving according to expectations.’
- ‘We massively underachieved and the present-day side are doing that too.’
- ‘I felt useless
- knew full well that I was underachieving
- but still refused point blank to do anything about it.’
- ‘But he admitted that some pupils would have started the new school term ‘disappointed’
- believing that they had underachieved.’
- ‘Dr Nash will also discuss the relevance of the programme for other groups of children who may be underachieving and experiencing failure at school.’
- ‘All had underachieved at school
- had few if any qualifications and had no job.’