Associations to the word «Underweight»

Wiktionary

UNDERWEIGHT, adjective. Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
UNDERWEIGHT, adjective. Not too heavy for an intended purpose.
UNDERWEIGHT, adjective. (finance) Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.
UNDERWEIGHT, noun. The state or quality of being underweight.
UNDERWEIGHT, verb. (transitive) To underestimate the weight of.
UNDERWEIGHT, verb. (transitive) To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of.

Dictionary definition

UNDERWEIGHT, adjective. Being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke