Overachiever

I still see a black player labeled as an underachiever, while a white player who carries the same stats is called an overachiever. ❋ Buck O’ Neil (1996)

The Jackal strikes me as the kind of overachiever who, assigned to kill a mosquito, would purchase contraband insecticides from Iraq and bring them into the United States by hot air balloon, distilling his drinking water from clouds and shooting birds for food. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She redefines "overachiever" while doing tangibly good work for humanity, developing prosthetic arms with neural interfaces. ❋ Sandra K (2009)

An "overachiever" in one of her classes has created a facebook group in order to upload and share his class notes ❋ Unknown (2007)

Actually, 29 is kind of late for an "overachiever" to be getting her Ph. ❋ Miss Snark (2006)

I'm tired of them, because I read "overachiever" to mean someone in a job that's way beyond their abilities, their Harvard degree be damned. ❋ Miss Snark (2006)

Writer, I'm sorry, but I stopped reading as soon as I saw the word "overachiever" describing your Protag. ❋ Miss Snark (2006)

The Suns looked much more like a contender than the "overachiever" label they've carried throughout the season in a 100-86 win at Utah on Wednesday, locking up the third seed in the West while sending the Jazz tumbling to fifth. ❋ Associated Press (2010)

Can't knock the next man for being an "overachiever".

And too many movies where a single parent mothers with a budding "overachiever", outwits such white males, and then puts them in their place. ❋ Unknown (2009)

BROADWAY - The term "overachiever" can have a negative connotation to it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The term "overachiever" might be a more fitting label for the successful 31-year-old middleweight veteran as he has continued to evolve as a fighter, winning him the respect of MMA fans and pundits alike who have sung his praises for the majority of his mixed martial arts career. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The term "overachiever" might be a more fitting label for the successful 31-year-old middleweight veteran as he has continued to evolve as a fighter, winning him the respect of MMA fans and pundits alike who have sung his praises for the majority of his mixed martial arts career .... ❋ Unknown (2009)

On its face, which is funny enough, the story concerns a high-school civics teacher, Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick), who tries to tamper with an election that's going to make an insufferable overachiever named Tracy Flick president of the student body. ❋ Joe Morgenstern (2010)

I [hate] that [fucking] overachiever! ❋ Blah (2003)

The [over-achiever] would not get married until she found the perfect father for her [future babies]. She died alone in her early [fifties]. ❋ Nco (2003)

[Look at that] [fine], hot overachiever who is so damn smart [haha]. ❋ Amy (2003)

Person 1: I HATE that [overachiever] girl! Person 2: You just hate her ['cause] she's [better than you]. ❋ DominiqueM.B. (2005)

"Now the [overachievers] are bringing in [consultants] to [help with] their projects!" ❋ Barry G. (2004)

Jim-I work hard, why am I not a millionaire? Kevin- You do work hard Jim, as hard as anybody, but somehow you're not an [overachiever]. You have to have something inside that makes you an overachiever to be one. You're just not an overachiever Jim. Jim- I guess not, so why do [I owe] an overachiever respect, that's the part of it I haven't figured out. Kevin- Well, an overachiever gets paid for their overachievements. It's their world since they [own it], they're free to push you. ❋ Solid Mantis (2018)

Did you hear about the guy who [jumped] [off that] [building]? He's an Emo Overachiever ❋ Drummer79 (2008)

Jane: "Why is that girl [bounding] up [the escalator] like it's a flight of stairs? She's making the rest of us look lazy for just [standing here] riding it!" Jill: "She's a total escalator overachiever." ❋ Pseuzieq (2010)

John: Where is [Lindsay]? She normally takes a 2 hour lunch with us? Jim: Oh you didn't know? [Turns out] she is a [closet overachiever]. ❋ TR DUDE (2013)

Michelle's such an [overachieving underachiever], she should be in academic algebra, but chose applied algebra for easier work, and is now making the entire applied algebra class look stupid. Diego chose to stay at the crappy [Seneca college] just because most of his friends are going to it, even though he was accepted by [Harvard University]. ❋ Hojin :P (2011)