underweight

Meaning

Adj

1. Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
2. Not too heavy for an intended purpose.
3. Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.

Noun

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being underweight.
2. (countable) An underweight person.
3. (countable) An underweight investment.

Verb

1. (transitive) To underestimate the weight of.
2. (transitive) To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of.
3. (transitive) To invest in less than conventional wisdom would dictate.

Synonyms

skinny

boney

short weight

scrawny

scraggy

weedy

thinness

light

Translations

Untergewicht

λιποβαρής

insuffisance pondérale

zayıf

نحافة

sottopeso

ressec

sec

نقص الوزن

consumit

demacrat

descarnat

escanyolit

escarransit

ossut

Etymology

From under- + weight.