Examples of underachieve

• Many children in low income countries underachieve and never realise their full potential.

• We are told that standards are not high enough, teaching is not good enough, and pupils are underachieving.

• It argues that members of involuntary minority groups tend to underachieve for fear of being sanctioned by their peers.

• Though the system underachieved in both financial management and development planning, participation - notably by elites - increased, and influenced the type and location of council projects.

• Nevertheless, we share the objective of tackling the problem of underachieving schools, and we are not opposed in principle to city academies.

• Two other schools were judged to require special measures and one was found to be underachieving.

• That programme is designed to support academically able pupils and those with talents in sport and the arts, including those who may be underachieving.

• We condemn her for underachieving in school, but we should condemn ourselves for allowing her to live in such conditions.