underplacement

Definitions

1. Placement below or subordinate to others.
   countable, uncountable
2. Assignment to a placement that does not fully use the person's talents.
   countable, uncountable
3. Extreme underconfidence.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“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⟳.”

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