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ˌunderˈsized, ppl. a.
(In attrib. use ˈunder-sized)
[under-1 10 a.]
†1. Inadequately employed. Obs.—1
1657Gauden J. Watts' Scribe & Let. Answ. Pref. ¶ j, His great abilities..were indeed much under-sized as to his auditory and employment.
2. Below the proper or ordinary size.
1706Lond. Gaz. No. 4244/3 Each undersiz'd [Galloway] to be allow'd half a Stone for every Inch under. 1747Frauds & Abuses Coal Trade (ed. 3) 20 The like Abuse, practised..by undersized Sacks. 1825T. Hook Sayings Ser. ii. I. 319 Mr. Abberly's undersized man-servant..delivered a note to Louisa. 1851Kingsley Yeast xiii, The ill-looks of the young girls surprised him much;..the majority seemed under-sized, under-fed. 1884T. F. R. Carr in Fish. Exhib. Lit. XI. 425 Fishermen..should be compelled to riddle the mussels..and return the undersized to the scalps. |