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. Carl Icahn:

   They are underweight Apple in relation to the index funds, and I think more and more of these funds will realize that's going to hurt their performance in the future as Apple continues to launch new products in new categories and continues to grow earnings.

2. Oliver Wallin:

   Although the Fed has two explicit mandates - inflation and unemployment - they are going to be wary of what's happening in the wider global environment, including in China. That will no doubt influence the scale of the U.S. rate rises, there has been suspicion for some time that all is not as good as it seems in China. We are 'underweight' on emerging markets and have a feeling that there is more value to be found in the developed markets.

3. Michael Cornelius:

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

4. Christian Stocker:

   We do not see any lasting potential for these sectors to outperform and believe any recovery might be short-lived, the trend of earnings estimates is declining strongly, relative valuation versus the overall market is still very high and a lasting trend reversal in commodity prices is not in sight. We recommend remaining underweight on commodity stocks.

5. Robert McWhirter:

   It's an oversold bounce, i'm significantly underweight energy-related stocks. It's a high-risk trade, in my view.