Word: underachievements
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
a
chieve
ments
Definition: Plural of underachievement; poorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: achieve
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ad
Language: la
Decoded: ad
Meaning: to
Affix: caput
Language: la
Decoded: caput
Meaning: head
Affix: -ō
Language: la
Decoded: -o
Meaning: verbal suffix
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.