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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As the Wall Street firm fears moving away from what has been a Goldilocks environment, it’s now recommending being 5% underweight on stocks in a portfolio, from a previous recommendation of being 4% overweight.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
The bank has an underweight rating on the stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
They say that those in their early teens are much more likely to have miscarriages and underweight babies than adult women.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Many of these patients are not overweight, some are normal weight or even underweight, so you don’t want them to lose weight or muscle mass.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Pollard, still underweight, was bundled into a double-breasted black suit, the left pant leg slit over his cast.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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