as in lightweight
having little weight
the long illness left him frail and underweight
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Recent Examples of underweight
The fact that stocks continued to add to their gains throughout the day suggests there was significant buying from institutional investors who were either short or underweight the market, Hackett said.
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Jesse Pound, CNBC, 12 May 2025
Aid workers say many children are dangerously underweight due to lack of food.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 10 May 2025
Hospitals have reported that cases of malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women are rising sharply, and most newborns are now being born underweight.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Hospitals have reported that cases of malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women are rising sharply, and most babies are now being born underweight.
—Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
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Jesse Pound, CNBC, 12 May 2025
Aid workers say many children are dangerously underweight due to lack of food.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 10 May 2025
Hospitals have reported that cases of malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women are rising sharply, and most newborns are now being born underweight.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Hospitals have reported that cases of malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women are rising sharply, and most babies are now being born underweight.
—Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underweight
lightweight
Adjective
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Leaders and employees must work together to build lightweight systems for sharing progress, challenges and ideas before misalignment snowballs.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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That level of energy return comes from the high stack of lightweight, responsive Lightstrike Pro foam in the shoe’s midsole.—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
2 June 2025
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“Underweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underweight. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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