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underperformer
noun
One who or that which underperforms, having performance that is below average or below expectations; often specifically a company or stock
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The big underperformer was Italy.
The benefit of this reduced risk of another crash does not show up in productivity statistics.A more surprising underperformer is the chemicals and pharmaceuticals sector.
At most taquerias, it's the underperformer, a second-string dish.
The company employs no fewer than four people related to Ms. Barakat, including the gossipy Tina, a cousin, and Kout, Ms. Barakat's mother, who is perceived as a highly paid underperformer, resented by the staff.
In defeating Germany, 1-0, in Wednesday's semifinal, Spain finally unyoked itself from the burden of being considered soccer's chief underperformer — a team that possessed beauty but not sufficient toughness — in reaching the final for the first time.
The other is Michigan, where the auto industry's long decline made the state an underperformer during both boom and bust.
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A lot of good work is done by average people".If a large proportion of the workforce doubt the fairness of the grading system, and fear being among an arbitrarily imposed quota of "underperformers", many may try to jump before they are pushed: staff turnover may thus be higher than is desirable.
BANKING sells itself as a cut-throat industry, lavish in its rewards but steadfast in its treatment of underperformers.
Underperformers should be shown the door.Standing in the way, almost everywhere, are the unions.
But it remains too costly and legally difficult to get rid of underperformers.Smaller countries can be quicker to change.
Even if few underperformers end up in court, many will devote additional resources to covering their backs: "We may have to start charging danger money," says Francesco Bertoni at Invesco, a fund-management firm.
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