underweight

underweight
Synonyms and related words:
avoirdupois, bantamweight, beef, beefiness, boniness, bony, deadweight, fatness, featherweight, flat, flat-chested, fleshless, fleshlessness, frailness, gangling, gangly, gaunt, gauntness, gawkiness, gawky, gravity, gross weight, haggardness, hatchet face, heaviness, heft, heftiness, lank, lankiness, lankness, lanky, lantern jaws, lean, lean-fleshed, lean-looking, leanness, lightweight, liveweight, meager, meagerness, neat weight, net, net weight, overbalance, overweight, paperiness, peakedness, ponderability, ponderosity, ponderousness, poorness, poundage, puniness, rawboned, scraggy, scrawniness, scrawny, skeletal, skin and bones, skinniness, skinny, slightness, spare, spareness, spidery, spindling, spindly, thin-bellied, thin-fleshed, tonnage, twigginess, twiggy, undersized, weight, weightiness

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  • underweight — 1899, from UNDER (Cf. under) + WEIGHT (Cf. weight) …   Etymology dictionary

  • underweight — [adj] thin angular, anorectic, bony, gangly, malnourished, puny, scrawny, shadow, skeleton*, skin and bones*, skinny, starved, stringbean*, undernourished, undersized; concept 491 Ant. chubby, fat, overweight, plump, thick …   New thesaurus

  • underweight — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ below a weight considered normal or desirable …   English terms dictionary

  • underweight — [un′dər wāt΄; ] also, for adj. [, un΄dər wāt′] adj. below the normal, desirable, or allowed weight n. weight that is less than needed, desired, or allowed …   English World dictionary

  • Underweight — The term underweight refers to a human who is considered to be under a healthy weight. The definition is usually made with reference to the body mass index (BMI). A BMI of under 18.5 is usually referred to as underweight [National Heart Lung and… …   Wikipedia

  • underweight — Usually refers to recommendation that leads an investor to reduce their investment in a particular security or asset class. The reduction is usually with respect to a benchmark. Suppose that U.S. equities compose 40% of the benchmark portfolio.… …   Financial and business terms

  • underweight — 1. adjective a) Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight. Hes so underweight hes had to buy smaller clothes. b) Not too heavy for an intended purpose. Hes thirty pounds underweight …   Wiktionary

  • Underweight — 1. A situation where a portfolio does not hold a sufficient amount of a particular security when compared to the security s weight in the underlying benchmark portfolio. This often occurs when a portfolio is actively managed and underweighting a… …   Investment dictionary

  • underweight — un·der·weight wāt adj weighing less than the normal amount for one s age, height, and build <underweight children> <underweight adults typically have a body mass index of less than 18.5> …   Medical dictionary

  • underweight — [[t]ʌ̱ndəwe͟ɪt[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If someone is underweight, they are too thin, and therefore not healthy. Nearly a third of the children were severely underweight. Ant: overweight …   English dictionary

  • underweight — UK [ˌʌndə(r)ˈweɪt] / US [ˌʌndərˈweɪt] adjective thinner and lighter than normal, especially in a way that is unhealthy Their son appeared underweight for his size and age. Some of the babies were seriously underweight …   English dictionary

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