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undersized

[uhn-der-sahyzd]
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adjective
  1. smaller than the usual or normal size.
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Origin of undersized

First recorded in 1650–60; under- + size1 + -ed3
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Related Words

miniaturepetitepunyshortsmallstuntedtiny

Examples from the Web for undersized

Historical Examples

  • Most of them were undersized, some tough, some rather sickly.

    The Harbor

    Ernest Poole

  • Rollit will follow in the interests of undersized flat-fish.

  • He had a most amiable feeling towards it, were it ever so frowsy and undersized and sallow.

    Mary Gray

    Katharine Tynan

  • In the language of the country they meant runty, mean-figured, undersized.

    From Place to Place

    Irvin S. Cobb

  • He was an undersized child with a pinched, intelligent face.

British Dictionary definitions for undersized

undersized

adjective
  1. of less than usual size
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