undersized

[uhn-der-sahyzd]

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adjective

smaller than the usual or normal size.

Origin of undersized

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

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Related Words for undersized

miniature, petite, puny, short, small, stunted, tiny

Examples from the Web for undersized

Historical Examples of undersized

Most of them were undersized, some tough, some rather sickly.
The Harbor
Ernest Poole
Rollit will follow in the interests of undersized flat-fish.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, March 4, 1893
Various
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.
The Status Civilization
Robert Sheckley

British Dictionary definitions for undersized

undersized

adjective

of less than usual size

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