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单词 underweight
释义

underweight

1 of 2

noun

un·​der·​weight ˌən-dər-ˈwāt How to pronounce underweight (audio)
: weight below normal, average, or requisite weight

underweight

2 of 2

adjective

: weighing less than the normal or requisite amount

Synonyms

Adjective

  • featherlight
  • feathery
  • light
  • lightweight
  • weightless
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Example Sentences

Adjective the long illness left him frail and underweight
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The underweight of the Sweet 16 versus the S&P 500 is now at 11.4% versus 4.5% one month ago, the lowest weighting since October 2020. Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 31 July 2022 China underweight diminishing, driven by low valuations and China’s stable balance sheet versus peers. Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 6 June 2022 After veering into cyclicals in June, funds are reversing their direction from last month and going back towards an overweight in secular growth and an underweight in cyclical. Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 31 July 2022 My weekend reading included a big global investment bank’s research piece noting that China is -4% underweight in emerging market funds. Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 27 June 2022 So this was a way to classify specifically white people in these categories of underweight, normal, overweight, obese. Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 19 July 2022 And because less than 6 percent of people with eating disorders are medically diagnosed as ‘underweight’, the condition often goes untreated, even unacknowledged by the individual themselves. Sophie Hanson, Vogue, 24 June 2022 Emmy also is undergoing special care since she was born underweight at 13.5 pounds and was not nursing as expected. Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 June 2022 Starvation is a big problem for hoiho, with around 80% of the penguins arriving at the center underweight, says van Zanten. CNN, 30 May 2022
Adjective
This is different from Body Mass Index (BMI), which is is calculated based on a person's height and weight, and used by the healthcare system to sort people into four categories: underweight, healthy, overweight or obese. Amethyst Tate, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2022 In addition to weight, both studies analyzed an individual's body mass index, or BMI, which is calculated based on a person's height and weight, and that number is used to sort people into four categories: underweight, healthy, overweight or obese. Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 15 July 2022 Investors should adjust their portfolios to underweight risk relative to their longer-term investment plan. WSJ, 7 Aug. 2022 Alabama parents and families also experience high rates of premature births, underweight births and births of babies who did not receive any prenatal care. Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al, 25 June 2022 Studies have linked heat exposure to preterm births and underweight babies. New York Times, 13 June 2022 The underweight male was estimated to be 4 to 6 months old and had a fractured tooth that will need to be extracted before the cat can be released back into the wild, KTVU-TV reported. CBS News, 2 June 2022 The animal, a male, is underweight but otherwise healthy, the zoo said. Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 1 June 2022 An animal shelter rescued a horse abandoned on the streets of Philadelphia and is now helping the underweight animal recover. Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 31 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1596, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1675, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

underweight

adjective

un·​der·​weight ˌən-dər-ˈwāt How to pronounce underweight (audio)
: weighing less than what is normal, average, or necessary

Medical Definition

underweight

adjective

un·​der·​weight -ˈwāt How to pronounce underweight (audio)
: weighing less than the normal amount for one's age, height, and build
underweight children
underweight adults typically have a body mass index of less than 18.5

underweight

adjective

as in lightweight
having little weight the long illness left him frail and underweight

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • lightweight
  • thin
  • fragile
  • weightless
  • small
  • light
  • feathery
  • undersized
  • featherlight
  • tiny
  • puny
  • smallish
  • petite
  • diminutive
  • undersize
  • slender
  • wee
  • bantam
  • slim
  • little
  • flimsy
  • insubstantial
  • minute
  • slight

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • overweight
  • heavy
  • leaden
  • large
  • weighty
  • ponderous
  • hefty
  • oversized
  • handsome
  • considerable
  • extensive
  • substantial
  • huge
  • great
  • big
  • super
  • oversize
  • massive
  • sizeable
  • voluminous
  • sizable
  • jumbo
  • goodly
  • largish
  • hulking
  • bulky
  • cumbersome
  • unwieldy
  • overscaled
  • overscale
  • whacking
  • king-size
  • king-sized
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