underweight
underweight Lexical Profile
underweight Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Weighing less than is normal, healthy, or required for a person or animal of a given age and height.
"The veterinarian noted that the rescued puppy was severely underweight and needed a specialized diet."
Having less than the required, standard, or permissible weight (especially of goods, coins, or baggage).
"Inspectors fined the bakery for selling loaves of bread that were consistently underweight."
Holding a smaller proportion of a particular asset or sector in an investment portfolio than the benchmark index.
"The fund manager decided to remain underweight in technology stocks due to market volatility."
• noun
A condition of weighing less than is normal, healthy, or required; an insufficiency in weight.
"Public health programs in the region aim to reduce childhood underweight through improved maternal nutrition."
• verb
To allocate a smaller proportion of a financial portfolio to a particular asset or sector than is represented in a benchmark index, or to assign insufficient statistical weight to a factor.
"The firm chose to underweight emerging market equities in its fourth-quarter strategy."