not up to expectations
idiom
: not as good as people thought would be the case
Company earnings were not up to expectations.
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Now Texas is 6-4 and 4-3 in the Big 12 heading to Kansas (6-4, 3-4) – better, but not great and definitely not up to expectations.
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Dallas News, 15 Nov. 2022
If performance is not up to expectations, the board must ask two questions.
—Ed Hirs, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
Dallas News, 15 Nov. 2022
If performance is not up to expectations, the board must ask two questions.
—Ed Hirs, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
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