Synonyms for underweight
ˈʌn dərˈweɪt; ˈʌn dərˌweɪtun·der·weight

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1. underweightverb

   Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.

   Antonyms:
   overweight

2. underweightadjective

   Not too heavy for an intended purpose.

   Antonyms:
   overweight

3. underweightadjective

   Antonyms:
   overweight

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1. scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedyadjective

   being very thin

   "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"

   Synonyms:
   cheeseparing, stunted, tightly fitting, weedy, skinny, tight fitting, tight-fitting, penny-pinching, boney, tightfitting, scrubby, scraggy, jagged, close, near, bony, scrawny, jaggy

   Antonyms:
   fat

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1. List of paraphrases for "underweight":

   weight

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1. Bill Harris:

   An awful lot of people were underweight in Canada and just said 'get me out', they will come into the office and say 'well, do I like that company or not? Was Canada a zero investment, or are there things that I should pick away at?'.

2. Chris White:

   I am trying to avoid utilities and am very underweight in that area. We have been trying to avoid some of those areas that look like they could become political footballs.

3. Joel Wells:

   We have adjusted considerably in Brazil over the last year or two given the twin deficits and political risk. Our investments there are tactical or deep value based, but we are considerably underweight.

4. Michael Cornelius:

   We were underweight but it has gotten too cheap with the downgrade.

5. Donald Trump:

   Without a resolution to the U.S.-China trade dispute, we see limited upside for stocks in the near-term, and given the risks of further escalation we hold a modest tactical underweight on equities.