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Underweight

adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.

    "He's so underweight he's had to buy smaller clothes."

  2. 2
    Not too heavy for an intended purpose.

    "The suitcase is just slightly underweight; I'll let it on the plane."

  3. 3
    Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.

    "The fund is underweight in mining."

Adjective
  1. 1
    being very thin wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being underweight. uncountable

    "1996, United States Institute of Medicine Committee on Scientific Evaluation of WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria, WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria: A Scientific Assessment, National Academies Press, →ISBN, page 110, Underweight reflects the body’s thinness, but the term does not necessarily imply the nature and causes of underweight."

  2. 2
    An underweight person. countable
  3. 3
    An underweight investment. countable

    "Further, structured managers usually attempt to hit their lower targets by relying on a relatively large number of small active deviations (i.e., overweights and underweights)."

Verb
  1. 1
    To underestimate the weight of. transitive
  2. 2
    To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of. transitive
  3. 3
    To invest in less than conventional wisdom would dictate. transitive

    "Although the portfolio overweights the German market, it underweights German marks."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From under- + weight.

Etymology 2

From under- + weight.

Etymology 3

From under- + weight.

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