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How to pronounce underweight in English?

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Synonyms boney, bony, scraggly, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, weedy

Examples of underweight

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The rates of people of all ages who are underweight have declined significantly.
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Several dogs were underweight, and Ms. Kromer was repeatedly hitting one animal.
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To meet this demand, farmers can't sell hogs that are overweight or underweight.
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Also, the tendency to overweight small probabilities and underweight large ones.
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The consumer underweight rating is a function of spending coming under pressure.
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Batterham hopes to repeat the study on both underweight and overweight subjects.
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Like the windy day at Strathclyde Park in an underweight boat when his boat sank.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Most countries have much higher stunting rates than underweight rates, it said.
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Survey data from 2003 to 2006 show 3.3% of children ages 2 to 19 are underweight.
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More examples
  • Scraggy: being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
  • The term underweight refers to a human who is considered to be under a healthy weight. The definition is usually made with reference to the body mass index (BMI). A BMI of under 18.5 is usually referred to as underweight . ...
  • In financial markets, underweight is a term used when rating stock. A rating system may be three-tiered: "overweight", "equal weight" and "underweight", or five-tiered: "buy," "overweight," "hold," "underweight," and "sell".
  • The state or quality of being underweight; To underestimate the weight of; To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of; Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight; Not too heavy for an intended purpose; Being less invested in a particular area than ...
  • Usually refers to recommendation that leads an investor to reduce their investment in a particular security or asset class. The reduction is usually with respect to a benchmark. Suppose that U.S. equities compose 40% of the benchmark portfolio. If one thinks the U.S. ...
  • One of three primary indicators of malnutrition among children. As defined by the World Food Program, this term refers to children whose weight is below average for their age group as a result of an inadequate diet.
  • Taking on a smaller exposure to one investment market or security compared with a benchmark or neutral position. The opposite of overweight.
  • (Moderate and severe) is defined as below minus two standard deviations from median weight for age of reference population; severe underweight is defined as below minus three standard deviations from median weight for age of reference population (UNICEF).
  • A portfolio is said to be overweight or underweight in a particular world market if its holding in that market represents a higher or lower percentage of its total portfolio than the capitalization. ...