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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Most of them are underweight and a majority are struggling to breathe on their own.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
MS cuts its target price 1.2% to A$34.00 and stays underweight on the stock, which is up 4.4% at A$39.28.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
We recommend an underweight in consumer staples and consumer discretionary stocks.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
“It is underweight software and software services by about 7.5%. It also does not own Amazon and it is a bit underweight banks and financial services.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
Despite the extraordinary fineness of his features, and his age, and his general stature—clothed, he could easily have passed for a young, underweight danseur—the cigar was not markedly unbecoming to him.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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