underweight
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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weighing less than is average, expected, or healthy
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finance
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having a lower proportion of one's investments in a particular sector of the market than the size of that sector relative to the total market would suggest
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(of a fund etc) disproportionately invested in this way
pension funds have become underweight of equities
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Etymology
Origin of underweight
Example Sentences
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It upgrades the stock to neutral from underweight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
So, if Lapping is underweight in the U.S. what is he overweight?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
MS keeps an underweight recommendation on the stock and lowers its target price on the stock by 3.2% to 30.50 Australian dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
When Jackie was rescued from the shore of Big Bear Lake, she was underweight and disheveled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
“If that bag can’t support a ten-year-old boy, who’s thirteen pounds underweight for his age, I don’t want it in my cabin,” Mrs. McArdle said, without opening her eyes.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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