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. The ASA:

   We understood that Urban Outfitters’ target market was young people and considered that using a noticeably underweight model was likely to impress upon that audience that the image was representative of the people who might wear Urban Outfitters’ clothing, and as being something to aspire to, we therefore concluded that the ad was irresponsible.

2. Jodi Benson:

   We need to be storytellers, and no matter what we look like on the outside, no matter our race, our nation, the color of our skin, our dialect, whether I'm tall or thin, whether I'm overweight or underweight, or my hair is whatever color, we really need to tell the story.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Pimco Group:

   The Fund's interest rate strategies in the U.S., U.K., and euro zone benefited, the recovery in breakeven inflation rates helped the Fund's TIPS holdings offset detraction from an underweight to corporate credit.