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Recent Examples of underachiever
As a chef’s kiss, Manning plays for Texas, a yearslong egocentric underachiever that plenty of college football fans love to hate.
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Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2025
Trigg was labeled as an underachiever by scouts as an underclassman and is still proving himself in several areas (on and off the field), but his talent is undeniable and improved consistency in 2025 will help suppress any concerns.
—Dane Brugler, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Over the course of the show’s eight year run, this moment was not always taken as a given; the son, Theo Huxtable, was for years presented as a chronic underachiever, more interested in the typical trappings of teenage boyhood—friends, parties, girls, motorcycles.
—Mychal Denzel Smith, Time, 22 July 2025
Who better to show a chronic underachiever how to maximize his gifts than a player preparing for a record 23rd season?
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
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Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2025
Trigg was labeled as an underachiever by scouts as an underclassman and is still proving himself in several areas (on and off the field), but his talent is undeniable and improved consistency in 2025 will help suppress any concerns.
—Dane Brugler, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Over the course of the show’s eight year run, this moment was not always taken as a given; the son, Theo Huxtable, was for years presented as a chronic underachiever, more interested in the typical trappings of teenage boyhood—friends, parties, girls, motorcycles.
—Mychal Denzel Smith, Time, 22 July 2025
Who better to show a chronic underachiever how to maximize his gifts than a player preparing for a record 23rd season?
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underachiever
slacker
Noun
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Boomers saw Gen Xers, that’s me, as cynical slackers.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
30 Dec. 2025
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This film is set days after Christmas and follows three slacker friends who are hired to transport a troubled teen across the country.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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