Definitions
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- noun A greater than anticipated
achievement
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- noun better than expected performance (better than might have been predicted from intelligence tests)
Etymologies
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Examples
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He says he's worried his sexuality has let her down, and his overachievement is a compensation for it.
James Frey: Turkeys, Traditions and Families On The Fabulous Beekman Boys Farm 2010
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He says he's worried his sexuality has let her down, and his overachievement is a compensation for it.
James Frey: Turkeys, Traditions and Families On The Fabulous Beekman Boys Farm 2010
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He says he's worried his sexuality has let her down, and his overachievement is a compensation for it.
TreeHugger 2010
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He says he's worried his sexuality has let her down, and his overachievement is a compensation for it.
TreeHugger 2010
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Honda Says Mr. Neil, the 2012 Civic Hybrid sedan and the Si sedan "do not burn with Honda's once-routine overachievement, and the ire the company faces reflects the high expectations and great trust consumers have placed with the brand."
A Giant Stumbles 2011
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Still, they do not burn with Honda's once-routine overachievement, and the ire the company faces reflects the high expectations and great trust consumers have placed with the brand.
Honda's Sporty New Civic, Heavy on the 'Ick' Dan Neil 2011
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It was one of the hottest Septembers in Washington history, continuing a trend of thermal overachievement that began here months ago.
Weather for September 2010 hottest on record since 1980 Martin Weil 2010
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Dan Neil says the 2012 Civic Hybrid sedan and the Si sedan are pretty good cars, but they do not burn with Honda's once-routine overachievement.
A Giant Stumbles 2011
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It was one of the hottest Septembers in Washington history, continuing a trend of thermal overachievement that began here months ago.
September 2010 hottest since 1980 Jason Samenow 2010
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Revenge is a prime pop motivation and, indeed, can lie behind the manic drive to overachievement shown by many who feel themselves excluded from the mainstream.
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