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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They are strategically underweight cyclicals, such as AI-beneficiary technology hardware companies that they think will eventually face the risk of an oversupplied market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
In fact, it can be a sign of atypical anorexia, where someone has all the hallmarks of anorexia but is not underweight by body-mass index standards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
A brief exam revealed the eagle was quite underweight and weak, and her feet were caked with mud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The analysts downgrade the stock to underweight from sector weight, with a $250 price target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
A dangerously underweight corporal in threadbare fatigues comes for Werner on foot.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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