Underplacement
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Underplacement is a noun meaning Placement below or subordinate to others.
Meaning
Placement below or subordinate to others.
More Meanings
- Assignment to a placement that does not fully use the person's talents.
- Extreme underconfidence.
Example Sentences
the underplacement of gifted students
After graduation, he landed a job as a patent clerk in the Swiss city of Bern, which qualifies as one of the great professional underplacements of all time.
The mistake of overplacement has led eager and ambitious entrepreneurs to throw their life savings into ventures that fail. The mistake of underplacement, on the other hand, regularly leads to terrible missed opportunities by those who would have succeeded had they only the courage to try.
Word Forms
- underplacements
Antonyms for underplacement
Common opposites include overplacement.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include infraposition, subaltern, underministry, understaff, subhierarchy, subalternship.
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