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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
Robinson, who ran the 40-yard dash in 4.42 seconds, is undersized (6-0, 184).
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Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
The second group had minor to major concerns on their skating, and several are undersized.
—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
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Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
The second group had minor to major concerns on their skating, and several are undersized.
—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
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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
Adjective
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Farmers watered their crops less, and saw smaller harvests as a result.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2025
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Yes, Georgia and Paul split this season as the blowback from the trial — and Paul's support of Proposition 38, disastrous for small businesses — imperiled his mayoral career.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
7 June 2025
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“Undersized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undersized. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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