UNDERWEIGHT

Underweight

Underweight is a term describing a human whose body weight is considered too low to be healthy. The definition usually refers to people with a body mass index of under 18.5 or a weight 15% to 20% below that normal for their age and height group.

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underweight

Noun

  1. The state or quality of being underweight.

Verb

  1. To underestimate the weight of.
  2. To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of.

Adjective

  1. Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
    He's so underweight he's had to buy smaller clothes.
    He's thirty pounds underweight.
  2. Not too heavy for an intended purpose.
    The suitcase is just slightly underweight; I'll let it on the plane.
  3. Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.
    The fund is underweight in mining.


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