Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun underperformer

2 senses of underperformer

Sense 1
underachiever, underperformer, nonachiever -- (a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates)
       => student, pupil, educatee -- (a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution)

Sense 2
underperformer -- (a business that is less successful than expected)
       => business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation -- (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern")