Definition of underweight
: weight below normal, average, or requisite weight
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On Tuesday, Snapchat's lead underwriter Morgan Stanley downgraded Snap from equal weight to underweight and cut its price target to $16 from $28.
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First Known Use of underweight
1596
Definition of underweight
: weighing less than the normal or requisite amount
Examples of underweight in a Sentence
the long illness left him frail and underweight
Recent Examples of underweight from the Web
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Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said Tuesday that some of the children suffered from malnutrition and were grossly underweight.
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The pup was also severely underweight and covered with ticks and fleas.
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Although the proportion of women who are underweight decreased, the proportion of obese women globally climbed from 6% to 15% between 1975 and 2014.
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The teens are less likely to get early prenatal care and are at higher risk of giving birth to underweight babies.
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Authorities found them underweight for their ages — 4, 5, and 6 — malnourished and filthy in December 2016, authorities said.
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While being underweight can have a huge impact on anxiety, that was only the tip of the iceberg.
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The children suffered broken bones and were severely underweight and had other health problems when they were removed from the home in 2010.
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The national average of 8.2 percent of underweight babies was a 2 percent increase from 2014.
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First Known Use of underweight
1675
underweight Synonyms
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big, considerable, extensive, goodly, great, handsome, huge, hulking, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), large, largish, massive, overscale (or overscaled), oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, super, voluminous, whacking;
Related Words
bantam, diminutive, little, minute, puny, small, smallish, tiny, undersized (also undersize), wee;
UNDERWEIGHT Defined for English Language Learners
underweight
Definition of underweight for English Language Learners
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: weighing less than the normal or expected amount : too light
UNDERWEIGHT Defined for Kids
Definition of underweight for Students
: weighing less than what is normal, average, or necessary
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of underweight
: 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
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