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We believe that people moving their portfolios to an overweight in bonds will be disappointed over the long-term and will significantly underperform an asset allocation that over-weights equities.
James O'Shaughnessy

Meaning of "underperform" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERPERFORM

underperform  [ˌʌndəpəˈfɔːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERPERFORM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Underperform is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb underperform in English.

WHAT DOES UNDERPERFORM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of underperform in the English dictionary

The first definition of underperform in the dictionary is : to perform less well than expected. Other definition of underperform is to perform less well than expected. Underperform is also : to perform less well than the market.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNDERPERFORM

PRESENT

Present
I underperform
you underperform
he/she/it underperforms
we underperform
you underperform
they underperform
Present continuous
I am underperforming
you are underperforming
he/she/it is underperforming
we are underperforming
you are underperforming
they are underperforming
Present perfect
I have underperformed
you have underperformed
he/she/it has underperformed
we have underperformed
you have underperformed
they have underperformed
Present perfect continuous
I have been underperforming
you have been underperforming
he/she/it has been underperforming
we have been underperforming
you have been underperforming
they have been underperforming
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I underperformed
you underperformed
he/she/it underperformed
we underperformed
you underperformed
they underperformed
Past continuous
I was underperforming
you were underperforming
he/she/it was underperforming
we were underperforming
you were underperforming
they were underperforming
Past perfect
I had underperformed
you had underperformed
he/she/it had underperformed
we had underperformed
you had underperformed
they had underperformed
Past perfect continuous
I had been underperforming
you had been underperforming
he/she/it had been underperforming
we had been underperforming
you had been underperforming
they had been underperforming
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will underperform
you will underperform
he/she/it will underperform
we will underperform
you will underperform
they will underperform
Future continuous
I will be underperforming
you will be underperforming
he/she/it will be underperforming
we will be underperforming
you will be underperforming
they will be underperforming
Future perfect
I will have underperformed
you will have underperformed
he/she/it will have underperformed
we will have underperformed
you will have underperformed
they will have underperformed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been underperforming
you will have been underperforming
he/she/it will have been underperforming
we will have been underperforming
you will have been underperforming
they will have been underperforming
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would underperform
you would underperform
he/she/it would underperform
we would underperform
you would underperform
they would underperform
Conditional continuous
I would be underperforming
you would be underperforming
he/she/it would be underperforming
we would be underperforming
you would be underperforming
they would be underperforming
Conditional perfect
I would have underperform
you would have underperform
he/she/it would have underperform
we would have underperform
you would have underperform
they would have underperform
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been underperforming
you would have been underperforming
he/she/it would have been underperforming
we would have been underperforming
you would have been underperforming
they would have been underperforming
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you underperform
we let´s underperform
you underperform
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to underperform
Past participle
underperformed
Present Participle
underperforming
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDERPERFORM


antireform
ˌæntɪrɪˈfɔːm
conform
kənˈfɔːm
deform
dɪˈfɔːm
disinform
ˌdɪsɪnˈfɔːm
inform
ɪnˈfɔːm
misinform
ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːm
mitriform
ˈmaɪtrɪˈfɔːm
nonconform
ˌnɒnkənˈfɔːm
outperform
ˌaʊtpəˈfɔːm
overinform
ˌəʊvərɪnˈfɔːm
perform
pəˈfɔːm
postform
ˌpəʊstˈfɔːm
preform
ˈpriːˈfɔːm
re-form
riːˈfɔːm
reform
rɪˈfɔːm
reinform
ˌriːɪnˈfɔːm
retransform
ˌriːtrænsˈfɔːm
transform
trænsˈfɔːm
unconform
ˌʌnkənˈfɔːm
unform
ʌnˈfɔːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDERPERFORM

underpaid
underpainting
underpants
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underpayment
underpeep
underpeopled
underpin
underpinned
underpinning
underpinnings
underpitch
underpitch vault
underplant
underplay
underplot
underpopulated
underpowered

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDERPERFORM

application form
art form
booking form
chloroform
consent form
entry form
form
Fourier transform
free form
free-form
fusiform
isoform
letterform
order form
platform
salverform
school uniform
sixth form
uniform
waveform

Synonyms and antonyms of underperform in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «underperform» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNDERPERFORM

Find out the translation of underperform to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of underperform from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «underperform» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

弱于大市
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

underperform
570 millions of speakers

English

underperform
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कमजोर प्रदर्शन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أداؤهم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Хуже рынка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

underperform
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

underperform
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sous-performer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kurang baik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

underperform
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アンダーパフォーム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Underperform (시장 수익률 하회)
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Underperform
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kém hơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

underperform
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कमी दर्जाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düşük performans
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Underperform
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gorzej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гірше ринку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mai puțin performante
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χαμηλότερες επιδόσεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onderpresteer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

är sämre
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dårligere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of underperform

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERPERFORM»

The term «underperform» is regularly used and occupies the 77.861 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERPERFORM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about underperform

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QUOTES WITH «UNDERPERFORM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word underperform.
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James O'Shaughnessy
We believe that people moving their portfolios to an overweight in bonds will be disappointed over the long-term and will significantly underperform an asset allocation that over-weights equities.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERPERFORM»

Discover the use of underperform in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to underperform and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Creative Destruction: Why Companies That Are Built to Last ...
In a book that is sure to shake the business world to its foundations, Creative Destruction, like Re-Engineering the Corporation before it, offers a new paradigm that will change the way we think about business. From the Hardcover edition.
Richard Foster, Sarah Kaplan, 2011
2
Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners
Since active managers trade frequently, they tend to underperform the market. These implications of the zero-sum game are logical conclusions based on simple accounting principals. They are always true. Since these implications must be ...
Larry Harris, 2003
3
Education and Training Policy Teachers Matter Attracting, ...
Disciplinary Centrallregional educational authority Yes, often Yes, olilen Generally yes, it varies from 12 Generally yes, generally Yes at the central/ regional Underperform ance months to 7 years 1 year government level sometimes ...
OECD, 2005
4
Implementation of a Performance Attribution System in a ...
With Regard to Support Controlling and Marketing Marc Vogel. Sector Return Sector Return Outperform Benchmark Outperform Benchmark Outperform Benchmark Outperform Benchmark Underperform Benchmark Underperform Benchmark ...
Marc Vogel, 2005
5
Outlook Profit
... 8.3 Punj Lloyd Enam Outperformer 164 275 17.8 9.2 AIA Engineering Kotak Securities Accumulate 198 275 19.6 10.1 AshokLeyland Merrill Lynch Underperform 21 - 2.9 7.0 Tata Consultancy CLSA Underperform 546 600 59.3 9.2 Cummins ...
6
Games, Strategies and Decision Making
To explore this issue, consider the game depicted in FIGURE 12.3.8 Nature moves first by determining whether the security analyst believes, as a result of his research, that the stock will outperform, underperform, or be neutral relative to the  ...
Joseph Harrington, 2009
7
The ETF Strategist: Balancing Risk and Reward for Superior ...
Properly measured, the average actively managed dollar must underperform the average passively 23 managed dollar. The reality of trading with commissions, slippage, and bid/ ask spreads guarantees that the average manager will ...
Russ Koesterich, 2008
8
Value Investing: Tools and Techniques for Intelligent Investment
However, such stocks are doomed to underperform massively, and thus should be avoided like the plague! ⢠Of the plethora of valuation measures that are available, price to sales is one that makes little sense to me. It has always struck me ...
James Montier, 2010
9
Stereotyping and Prejudice
The research conducted in the wake of these seminal findings has uncovered mounting evidence for the pernicious effects of stereotype threat: Women underperform in math and science domains, political contexts, and chess (e.g., Maass, ...
Charles Stangor, Christian S. Crandall, 2013
10
Finding #1 Stocks: Screening, Backtesting and Time-Proven ...
That is not what a Hold recommendation means. A Hold recommendation very simply means there is no compelling reason, one way or the other, for the stock to underperform or outperform the market in any meaningful way. It simply means it  ...
Kevin Matras, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERPERFORM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term underperform is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Virtu Financial Slapped With Underperform At Credit Suisse: Here's …
In a report published Friday, Credit Suisse analyst Ashley N. Serrao initiated coverage of Virtu Financial Inc (NASDAQ: VIRT) with an Underperform rating and a ... «Benzinga, Jul 15»
2
EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) Wins "Hold" Rating for "Underperform
In a note made public on 7 July, Jefferies & Co stated it was upgrading EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) stock from a “Underperform” to a “Hold”. This stock rating ... «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»
3
Will Jefferies International Downgrade to Underperform Be a …
Jefferies International was downgraded to Underperform and currently has GBX 2100.00 PT on Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK)'s stock. This was released in an ... «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»
4
Polycom Inc (NASDAQ:PLCM) Rating Outlook Decreased at William …
In an analyst note published on Monday, 22 June, William Blair has downgraded Polycom Inc (NASDAQ:PLCM) stock to “Underperform”. PLCM's old rating was ... «OctaFinance.com, Jun 15»
5
Niska Gas Storage Partners (NYSE:NKA) Wins Upgraded Rating …
The firm rating was increased by professional analysts at Credit Suisse to “Underperform”. They have a target price of $4.00 on NKA. Despite the stock rating ... «OctaFinance.com, Jun 15»
6
Imperial Capital Downgrades Bon-Ton Stores (BONT) to Underperform
Imperial Capital downgraded Bon-Ton Stores (NASDAQ: BONT) from In-Line to Underperform with a price target of $4.00 (from $6.00). Analyst Mary Ross Gilbert ... «StreetInsider.com, May 15»
7
RBC Capital Downgrades First Solar To Underperform, Sets $34 …
In a report published Tuesday, RBC Capital Markets analysts downgraded the rating on First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) from Sector Perform to Underperform. «Benzinga, May 15»
8
GlaxoSmithKline plc Receives "Underperform" Rating from Bank of …
GlaxoSmithKline plc logo Bank of America restated their underperform rating on shares of GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON:GSK) in a report released on Wednesday. «Dakota Financial News, May 15»
9
RBC downgrades Aberdeen to underperform
RBC has downgraded Aberdeen Asset Management Plc to underperform. In a note, analyst Peter Lenardos stated that Aberdeen's continued net outflows are ... «Citywire.co.uk, Apr 15»
10
Credit Suisse downgrades GAIL to underperform on low demand
Brokerage house Credit Suisse has downgraded its rating on oil marketing company GAIL to 'underperform' due to a significant fall in liquefied natural gas ... «Moneycontrol.com, Apr 15»

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