overperform

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ perform.

Verb

overperform (third-person singular simple present overperforms, present participle overperforming, simple past and past participle overperformed)

1. To perform better than expected
   • 2021 February 4, Raj Chohan, “Erling Braut Haaland: Would Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd or Chelsea suit striker best?”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Jesus' finishing has been one of the main concerns - since the start of last season the 23-year-old has underperformed his Premier League expected goals tally by 6.97goals (in short, he has scored seven fewer goals than would be expected from the chances presented to him).
     In contrast, Haaland is overperforming by 6.83 goals since joining Dortmund, which is almost a 14-goal swing between the pair.

2. (finance) Of an investment, to provide a financial result superior to what was expected.

Antonyms

• underperform

Derived terms

• overperformance
• overperformer

References

• “overperform”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.