underachieve
overachievement
noun[ U ]
Her early life was marked by intense overachievement.
overachieving
adjective[ before noun ]
He is an overachieving dot-com millionaire, and prize-winning filmmaker.
Examples of overachieve
overachieve
Thus, the policy implication that more stringent environmental standards should be used would still apply here when the target ground subsidence levels are overachieved.
In both cases the reason is that overachieving the target produces little benefit, if any.
However, her tendency to
overachieve can lead to feelings of paranoia, with dramatic or comical results.
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