underweight
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈweɪt/ us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈweɪt/Opposite
Meaning of underweight in English
(Definition of underweight from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
underweight | American Dictionary
underweight
adjective
us
/ˌʌn·dərˈweɪt/The children were found to be malnourished and underweight.
underweight | Business English
underweight
adjective
STOCK MARKET uk
/ˌʌndəˈweɪt/ us
Examples of underweight
underweight
Such babies may be at a more serious risk than those who are underweight because of short gestation only.
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However, based on prospective epidemiological studies since the mid-1980s, underweight has been also recognized as a risk factor for longevity especially among older populations.
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Second, post-harvest and pre-harvest underweight exhibited sharper seasonal patterns.
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An increase in the weight was welcomed by most of the patients because they were usually underweight and belonged to the lower socio-economic strata.
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Several previous workers have shown that the incidence of diarrhoea is higher in children who are underweight.
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This picture was gender-biased because women were more numerous than men among the underweight individuals during the post-harvest period.
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Others, such as underweight, might possibly be partially solvable through nutrition education.
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When combined with the notion of regret where individuals tend to overweight loss but underweight potential gain, this suggests that many people systematically avoid risk.
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Second, post-harvest underweight was far less common than in 1963-4.
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A very interesting instance of the representational and propaganda use of ducats so late in modern times, this issue was crudely made, underweight and aimed squarely at the rural population.
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Diarrhoea was more common in boys than in girls and more common in underweight children.
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Seven women described feeling insecure and unattractive as children because they had perceived themselves as being either underweight (three women) or overweight (four women) as compared with their age peers.
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Just as it is not healthy to be overweight, it is not healthy to be underweight.
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Hansard archive
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That means that the very group of people most likely to give birth to underweight babies are to be denied free milk.
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Hansard archive
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In both cases, underweight was defined as a person with a body mass index of less than 20.
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Hansard archive
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