underweight

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The state or quality of being [[#Adjective|underweight]]

Underweight reflects the body’s thinness, but the term does not necessarily imply the nature and causes of underweight.

To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of
To underestimate the weight of
Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight

He's thirty pounds underweight.

Not too heavy for an intended purpose

The suitcase is just slightly underweight; I'll let it on the plane.

(Finans) Finance - having insufficient investment in a particular area
having unattractive thinness; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
{i} weight that is below average, weight that is below what is required
{s} weighing less than the normal weight, not heavy enough
If someone is underweight, they are too thin, and therefore not healthy. Nearly a third of the children were severely underweight. overweight. weighing less than is expected or usual   overweight
underweight diet
special nutritional plan which requires one to eat more than usual in order to gain weight
underweight
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