underweight

[ adjective uhn-der-weyt; noun uhn-der-weyt ]
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adjective
  1. weighing less than is usual, required, or proper.

noun
  1. deficiency in weight below a standard or requirement.

Origin of underweight

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; under- + weight

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British Dictionary definitions for underweight

underweight

/ (ˌʌndəˈweɪt) /


adjective
  1. weighing less than is average, expected, or healthy

  2. finance

    • 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

    • (of a fund etc) disproportionately invested in this way: pension funds have become underweight of equities

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