underachiever

🇺🇸 /ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːvər/ 🇬🇧 /ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːvə(r)/
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Someone who doesn't do as well as they should or could, often in school.

Despite his high IQ, he was considered an underachiever because he rarely studied.

translation

n. Someone who doesn't do as well as they should or could, often in school.

Word Forms

Plural underachievers