Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb underperform

2 senses of underperform

Sense 1
underachieve, underperform -- (perform less well or with less success than expected; "John consistently underachieves, although he is very able"; "My stocks underperformed last year")
       => do, perform -- (get (something) done; "I did my job")

Sense 2
underperform -- (perform too rarely; "Her plays are underperformed, although they are very good")
       => perform -- (give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera")