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Synonyms

undersize

American  
[uhn-der-sahyz] / ˈʌn dərˈsaɪz /

adjective

  1. undersized.

  2. (of screened minerals) passing through a sieve of given mesh.

Etymology

Origin of undersize

First recorded in 1785–95; under- + size 1

Example Sentences

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I vacillated frenetically between oversize and undersize clothes, ambivalent about whether I wanted to draw attention or repel it.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

“We have tried to underspend and undersize what was really needed to get over the top of the mountain,” the Republican governor told reporters during a Friday coronavirus briefing.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2021

That was the landscape DeMoro encountered as she led the undersize 17,000-member California Nurses Association into the fight against what she would term “the commodification of health.”

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2019

Along with normal antibodies, they had sifted out what appeared to be an undersize version of the molecules.

From Science Magazine • May 10, 2018

He tossed the undersize crab back in the water.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

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