Synonyms of undersized

undersized

adjective

ˌən-dər-ˈsīzd 

variants also undersize

as in diminutive

of a size that is less than average

though a football all-star in high school, he was just a mediocre, undersized player at the college level

Synonyms & Similar Words

• diminutive
• small
• fine
• smallish
• inadequate
• little
• puny
• dinky
• lacking
• slight
• dwarfish
• insufficient
• subnormal
• poor
• pygmy
• shrimpy
• pocket
• half-pint
• minuscule
• toylike
• Lilliputian
• tiny
• pocket-size
• bantam
• pint-sized
• slender
• pocket-sized
• stunted
• pint-size
• scarce
• dwarf
• sparse
• microscopic
• microscopical
• slim
• bitty
• miniature
• skimpy
• teeny
• deficient
• weeny
• scrubby
• toy
• meager
• minim
• micro
• infinitesimal
• stingy
• runty
• mini
• teensy
• miniaturized
• meagre
• wee
• inappreciable
• little bitty
• scanty
• weensy
• spare
• scant
• pinpoint
• teeny-weeny
• niggardly
• teensy-weensy
• wanting
• minute
• runtish
• minikin
• skimp
• capsule
• bite-sized
• bite-size

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• large
• oversized
• oversize
• considerable
• big
• substantial
• bulky
• handsome
• outsized
• sizeable
• great
• sizable
• husky
• massive
• outsize
• voluminous
• enormous
• giant
• huge
• tidy
• gigantic
• grand
• goodly
• vast
• whopping
• tremendous
• gross
• hefty
• gargantuan
• prodigious
• colossal
• monstrous
• mammoth
• immense
• mountainous
• heroic
• jumbo
• cavernous
• abundant
• monolithic
• generous
• humongous
• stupendous
• ample
• staggering
• healthy
• plentiful
• titanic
• overscaled
• liberal
• monumental
• herculean
• appreciable
• largish
• galactic
• boxcar
• cyclopean
• biggish
• copious
• thick
• hulking
• king-sized
• overscale
• bountiful
• wide
• fat
• king-size
• Himalayan
• plenteous
• whacking
• elephantine
• broad
• adequate
• humungous
• Brobdingnagian
• heroical
• sufficient
• leviathan
• infinite
• Bunyanesque
• enough
• pharaonic
• cosmic
• boundless
• immeasurable
• incalculable
• cosmical

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of undersized

About 20 Knights players – undersized at nearly every position against a full squad of about 60 St. Thomas players – were there for a chance to make big plays and record game film to show college recruiters. —Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024

Who wants a sharp pry sticking them in the leg the whole hike, only to have its thin, weird, undersized knife come up short on the most basic of cutting tasks? —New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2024

Campbell remembers a freezing child who showed up for a shopping trip wearing basketball shorts, an undersized T-shirt and disposable flip-flops. —Jessica Boehm, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024

The versatile, undersized defender consistently gets stellar results and can play either side or up front in a pinch. —Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024