underweight

== English == === Etymology === From under- +‎ weight. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === underweight (comparative more underweight, superlative most underweight) Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight. Not too heavy for an intended purpose. (finance) Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests. 2011, Murdoch, S. Foreigners back for Aussie stocks, The Australian "It's a long-run trend of foreign investors -- typically being underweight the banking sector in Australia," Mr Baker said. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “of low weight”): overweight (antonym(s) of “not too heavy”): overweight ==== Translations ==== === Noun === underweight (countable and uncountable, plural underweights) (uncountable) The state or quality of being underweight. 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. (countable) An underweight person. (countable, finance) An underweight investment. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “state or quality”): overweight (antonym(s) of “underweight person”): overweight ==== Translations ==== === Verb === underweight (third-person singular simple present underweights, present participle underweighting, simple past and past participle underweighted) (transitive) To underestimate the weight of. (transitive) To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of. (transitive, finance) To invest in less than conventional wisdom would dictate.