Usually means: Falling short of one's potential.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word underachievement:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. underachievement: Merriam-Webster
  2. underachievement: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. underachievement: Collins English Dictionary
  4. underachievement: Vocabulary.com
  5. Underachievement, underachievement: Wordnik
  6. underachievement: Wiktionary
  7. underachievement: Dictionary.com
  8. underachievement: Rhymezone
  9. underachievement: FreeDictionary.org
  10. underachievement: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. underachievement: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. underachievement: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Underachievement: MedFriendly Glossary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

(Note: See underachiever as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (underachievement)

▸ noun:  An achievement that is less than expected; underperformance.

Similar:
unattainment, shortcoming, shortfall, unaccomplishment, underproduction, underallocation, undergeneration, underabundance, underuse, unfulfillment, more...

Opposite:
success, achievement, accomplishment, excellence

Types:
slacker, lazy, procrastinator, unmotivated, more...

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Similar:
unattainment, shortcoming, shortfall, unaccomplishment, underproduction, underallocation, undergeneration, underabundance, underuse, unfulfillment, more...

Opposite:
success, achievement, accomplishment, excellence

Types:
slacker, lazy, procrastinator, unmotivated, more...



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