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underweight

[uhn-der-wayt, uhn-der-wayt] / ˈʌn dərˈweɪt, ˈʌn dərˌweɪt /


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They say that those in their early teens are much more likely to have miscarriages and underweight babies than adult women.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

You’d want to underweight stocks so long as you believe interest rates will continue rising, but overweight them once you think that a rate-cut cycle is about to begin.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

JPM has an underweight rating on the stock and a price target of 62 euros.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Public IB downgrades the Malaysian rubber glove sector to underweight from neutral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

A dangerously underweight corporal in threadbare fatigues comes for Werner on foot.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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