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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
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Recent Examples of undersized
The second group had minor to major concerns on their skating, and several are undersized.
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Corey Pronman, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Cross is undersized but has a relentless motor and the Bengals' defensive line isn't deep.
—Bryce Lazenby, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The Western Kentucky product is undersized at 5-foot-8, but a stout tackler and playmaker in the run game.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025
Gobert looked like Wilt Chamberlain playing against an undersized big in the ’60s and early ’70s.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Corey Pronman, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Cross is undersized but has a relentless motor and the Bengals' defensive line isn't deep.
—Bryce Lazenby, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
The Western Kentucky product is undersized at 5-foot-8, but a stout tackler and playmaker in the run game.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025
Gobert looked like Wilt Chamberlain playing against an undersized big in the ’60s and early ’70s.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undersized
Adjective
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Their double act had begun at secondary school, in North London, where Mulcahy protected the diminutive Duffy from bullies.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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With that hardware, the diminutive DGX Spark will produce 1,000 trillion operations per second (TOPS) when working on AI tasks, vastly outperforming consumer AI PCs' 40-50 TOPS.—
Brian Westover,
PC Magazine,
24 May 2025
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To meet rising demand, companies sprang up and began churning out rides – smaller versions for traveling carnivals and larger ones for town squares and amusement parks.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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The second season of HBO's zombie smash ends with battles both big and small, a major death, and a time rewind.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
26 May 2025
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“Undersized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undersized. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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