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Discover LudwigThe phrase "Underperformed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone or something has not met expected standards or levels of performance. Example: "The team underperformed this quarter, resulting in lower sales than anticipated."
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Underperformed
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Past of underperform
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The shares have underperformed the market by 6% in the last three months and now trade at a discount to the oil service peers.
The film somewhat underperformed at the US box office, but made a respectable $708m worldwide.
The other leading conservative, Rick Santorum, certainly underperformed post Iowa expectations.
Indeed, oil and gas companies have significantly underperformed on the market as a whole over one year, three years, five, even 10 years.
Lab 37.2%, Con 33.3%, LD 16.9%, Ukip 7.7%, BNP 3.5% The Conservatives underperformed in the capital in 2010 and want to use their record on the economy – and the commitment by Labour and the Lib Dems to a mansion tax – to seduce voters back, particularly in the wealthier areas and suburbs.
Furthermore... the stock is the least expensive of its Engineering & Construction peers we cover, having underperformed in a falling sector by 14% since March.
But the results also showed that Labour had underperformed against poll predictions, a result that will add to existing nervousness in the Labour party about the quality of Ed Miliband's leadership.
In football, there are few managers whose team has so consistently underperformed in the Champions League than Arsène Wenger, so I was keen to get his views.
He has said that he underperformed in the 2012 race because of health problems stemming from back surgery.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies also underperformed.
Between 1974 and the end of 2000 the industry underperformed the overall European market by a shocking 914%.
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