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underweight

adjective C2
  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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