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单词 underweight
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underweightadjective

uk/ˌʌn.dəˈweɪt/us/ˌʌn.dɚˈweɪt/

Underweight people weigh too little and are too thin:

According to the hospital chart he's four kilos underweight.
Opposite
overweight

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people)

  • anorexic
  • bag of bones
  • be skin and bone(s) idiom
  • elfin
  • emaciated
  • gaunt
  • hatchet-faced
  • lissome
  • lithe
  • pinched
  • rangy
  • skinny
  • slenderize
  • slight
  • spare
  • spindly
  • sylphlike
  • trim
  • waif-like
  • wiry

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underweightadjective

us/ˌʌn·dərˈweɪt/

weighing less than usual:

The children were found to be malnourished and underweight.

underweightadjective

uk/ˌʌndəˈweɪt/usSTOCK MARKET

used to describe portfolios that include too little of a particular type of share, bond, etc.:

underweight in sth He's seriously underweight in Japanese bonds, which make up only 8% of his portfolio.
an underweight rating/recommendation They initiated coverage of both stocks with an underweight rating.
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