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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
Murray's 20 first-half points helped the short-handed and undersized Nuggets stay in control.
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ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Hornets are injured and undersized The Idaho win halted a seven-game skid for the Hornets.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Jones is an athletic, yet undersized blocker.
—Mike Kaye
updated March 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026
Maybe there’s something to attracting kids to yet another movie about a society of talking animals, even if the main character in this case is an undersized goat who plays basketball instead of fighting crime.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 23 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Hornets are injured and undersized The Idaho win halted a seven-game skid for the Hornets.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Jones is an athletic, yet undersized blocker.
—Mike Kaye
updated March 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026
Maybe there’s something to attracting kids to yet another movie about a society of talking animals, even if the main character in this case is an undersized goat who plays basketball instead of fighting crime.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 23 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for undersized
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undersized
Adjective
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Chinese-speaking netizens were amused by the story, and in particular the absurd display of cops escorting the diminutive android.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
12 Mar. 2026
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Despite its diminutive size, there are some big (quite literally) reasons to visit Terlingua.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Modern warfare has shown that traditional radar systems often struggle to identify and monitor many small drones flying together.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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Adjust a subscription or renegotiate a small fee, then record the change, because tracking progress reinforces confidence and protects your careful planning.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Boston bats made little noise all night in North Port.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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But even this caricature is more than what’s afforded to Zoe (Iris Apatow) and her Deaf sister Chloe (Millicent Simmonds), whose collective function is the former interpreting for the latter in American Sign Language, but little else.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Undersized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undersized. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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