under-achiever

I am a name nude known to collectors, an overdosed under-achiever, greatest pilot to the inhospitable middle-class rationale.

Oogy Wawa Penny Goring 2011

Rampant inflation and ballooning foreign debt meant Brazil spent much of the 1980s and 1990s being viewed as a terminal under-achiever.

Lula hails Brazil's oil-fuelled '30-year boom' Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro 2010

A brilliant under-achiever, he was enlisted at West Point, but then lost his commission.

Five People Born on January 19 | myFiveBest 2010

But Congress is poised at best to win third place, and Mr. Gandhi may be stuck with the tag of an under-achiever.

A Look at the Man Who Could Be India's King Swapan Dasgupta 2011

Is a stay-at-home mom viewed as spoiled, pampered, or (God forbid) an under-achiever?

Stay at Home Moms: Not So Many Linda 2008

Zora, you are not an under-achiever unless you compare yourself to someone else.

Substitute Me Lori L. Tharps 2010

This sounds like the cosumate McCain: The under-achiever who is obviously trying to stir resentment among people who have fallen on hard times.

New McCain Ad: "Maybe The Applause Has Gone To His Head" 2009

But they are the ones who got burned when the $200 million-budgeted film ended up being labeled an under-achiever despite grossing $550 million worldwide.

Scott Mendelson: This Is It Becomes the World's Highest-Grossing Concert Film in History 2009

My goal in life is to shove all of America's under-achiever BS right up their favorite orifice.

What are we, without fear of death? Steven Barnes 2009

He also represented himself as a version of an under-achiever because all the men in his family are doctors.

Ryan Haydon and Stefani Piermattei: Bachelorette Fantasy Draft Re-Cap 2009