Definitions for underweight
ˈʌn dərˈweɪt; ˈʌn dərˌweɪtun·der·weight

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1. scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedyadjective

   being very thin

   "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"

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1. underweightnoun

   The state or quality of being underweight.

2. underweightverb

   To underestimate the weight of.

3. underweightverb

   To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of.

4. underweightadjective

   Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.

5. underweightadjective

   Not too heavy for an intended purpose.

6. underweightadjective

   Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.

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1. Underweight

   An underweight person is a person whose body weight is considered too low to be healthy. A person who is underweight is malnourished.

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1. Underweight

   Underweight is a term describing a human whose body weight is considered too low to be healthy. The definition usually refers to people with a body mass index of under 18.5 or a weight 15% to 20% below that normal for their age and height group.

How to pronounce underweight?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of underweight in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of underweight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of underweight in a Sentence

1. Chris White:

   I am trying to avoid utilities and am very underweight in that area. We have been trying to avoid some of those areas that look like they could become political footballs.

2. Mark Haefele:

   If capital is coming out of emerging markets and going into the developed world, then we would remain underweight emerging markets.

3. Donald Trump:

   Without a resolution to the U.S.-China trade dispute, we see limited upside for stocks in the near-term, and given the risks of further escalation we hold a modest tactical underweight on equities.

4. Oliver Wallin:

   Although the Fed has two explicit mandates - inflation and unemployment - they are going to be wary of what's happening in the wider global environment, including in China. That will no doubt influence the scale of the U.S. rate rises, there has been suspicion for some time that all is not as good as it seems in China. We are 'underweight' on emerging markets and have a feeling that there is more value to be found in the developed markets.

5. Amy Kimberlain:

   The kids that were underweight both in vegetarian and non-vegetarian( groups) were similar and were younger in age and of Asian descent.

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