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On the other side, some health-care underachievers like Bristol Myers and Danaher are finally bouncing after their rough couple of months.
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 1 July 2025
The film stars Vince Vaughn as Peter La Fleur, a charismatic underachiever and proprietor of a rundown gym called Average Joe’s, and Ben Stiller as White Goodman, the power-mullet-sporting, Fu-Manchu-d, egomaniacal owner of Globo Gym, a gleaming monolith of fitness.
—Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 10 June 2025
How did this guy turn out to be such an underachiever and such an awkward father?
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
In general, the brand has been somewhat of an underachiever in terms of its revenue contribution to Nike over the years.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 1 July 2025
The film stars Vince Vaughn as Peter La Fleur, a charismatic underachiever and proprietor of a rundown gym called Average Joe’s, and Ben Stiller as White Goodman, the power-mullet-sporting, Fu-Manchu-d, egomaniacal owner of Globo Gym, a gleaming monolith of fitness.
—Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 10 June 2025
How did this guy turn out to be such an underachiever and such an awkward father?
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
In general, the brand has been somewhat of an underachiever in terms of its revenue contribution to Nike over the years.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underachiever
slacker
Noun
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Since signing to Matador, the band has sharpened its sound into a quirky, exhilarated alt-pop, too uncanny to be dance-punk and too lively to be slacker rock.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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The cult hit comedy franchise Super Troopers revolves around the shenanigans of a group of Vermont state troopers who are slacker pranksters first and foremost.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Underachiever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underachiever. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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