What would be an appropriate opposite of "exceed"?

There are a handful of options depending on context:

They have exceeded expectations

They have missed expectations

They have eluded expectations

You have exceeded the limit

You are under the limit

You are beneath the limit

Profits exceed costs

Costs exceed profits

Profits are below costs

Profits did not meet costs

Maybe this is one of the cases where the context helps a bit to choose the correct expression. In evaluations it often says "below expectation / meets expectation / exceeds expectation (choose one)".

In a sentence, I'd be inclined to use:

Tom has exceeded our expectations, but Jim has fallen behind.

Latin roots: exceed or excessus (surpass, go above, go beyond, go over, top, beat).

Latin roots: recede or recedere (move away, retreat, withdraw, drawback, draw away).