underperforming

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of underperform

adj

1. That performs less well than required.

   “Underperforming operators will risk termination of their contracts.”

   “The goal was scruffy, with some debate over whether Johnson got the last touch - and was totally in keeping with the tepid domestic seasons of these two underperforming sides, but no-one at Spurs will care about that.”