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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of undersized

Replacing the outdated and undersized composting toilets located near the marina. —Zach Urness, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025

The undersized Huskies survived back-to-back matchups with elite post players in Oklahoma’s Raegan Beers and USC’s Kiki Iriafen to reach the Final Four, but 6-foot-7 UCLA center Lauren Betts presents a whole new kind of challenge. —Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025

There is something of a stylistic resemblance between the two undersized point guards, both of whom can dictate a methodical tempo to their advantage. —Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025

Pearce is an explosive, though undersized edge rusher with shorter arms than the Bills usually go for, and there is some concern over his three-down potential as a run defender. —Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025