Adjective
the long illness left him frail and underweight
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One area investors are underweight on is clean technology.—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025 For example, reward systems often overweight drive and underweight temperance, with a focus on results at any cost.—Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025 People are considered underweight if their BMI is lower than 18.5.—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 24 June 2025 The cat was discovered when the container was opened in Oakdale, Minnesota, extremely dehydrated and dangerously underweight, but miraculously alive!
See how this courageous cat survived trip from China to Minnesota below.—Kendall Malinchock, USA Today, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for underweight
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