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underweight

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


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JPM lowers its recommendation for the U.K. investment manager to underweight from neutral, but maintains the price target of 335 pence.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

When Jackie was rescued from the shore of Big Bear Lake weeks ago, she was underweight and disheveled.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

MS has an underweight rating and target price of 147.50 Australian dollars on Rio.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

They are strategically underweight cyclicals, such as AI-beneficiary technology hardware companies that they think will eventually face the risk of an oversupplied market.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

“If that bag can’t support a ten-year-old boy, who’s thirteen pounds underweight for his age, I don’t want it in my cabin,” Mrs. McArdle said, without opening her eyes.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger




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