underweight

About 0.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.

   He's so underweight he's had to buy smaller clothes.

2. adjective Not too heavy for an intended purpose.

   The suitcase is just slightly underweight; I'll let it on the plane.

3. adjective Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.

   The fund is underweight in mining.

4. noun The state or quality of being underweight.
5. noun An underweight person.
6. noun An underweight investment.
7. verb To underestimate the weight of.
8. verb To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of.

Similar words

scrawny skinny thin scraggy lean weedy scarce insufficient inadequate wasting

Often followed by

and or children for is women in at babies

Word family

underweights