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under weight

See definition of under weight on Dictionary.com
  • as inscrawny
  • as inskinny
  • as inthin
  • as inunderweight
  • as inbony
  • as inlank
  • as intwiggy
  • as inweedy

synonyms for under weight

  • bony
  • lanky
  • skinny
  • angular
  • gaunt
  • lank
  • lean
  • rawboned
  • scraggy
  • skeletal
  • skin and bones
  • spare
  • undernourished
  • underweight
  • angular
  • bony
  • gaunt
  • lanky
  • scrawny
  • slender
  • lean
  • spare
  • emaciated
  • lank
  • like a rail
  • malnourished
  • rawboned
  • scraggy
  • skeletal
  • skin-and-bone
  • twiggy
  • undernourished
  • underweight
On this page you'll find 335 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to under weight, such as: bony, lanky, skinny, angular, gaunt, and lank.

antonyms for under weight

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  • fat
  • heavy
  • overweight
  • plump
  • chubby
  • healthy
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        How to use under weight in a sentence

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        Of course, considerations of weight have to be taken into account, but the more mould round the roots the better.
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        The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
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        Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.
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        For several months he remained under a political cloud, charged with incompetency to quell the Philippine Rebellion.
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        Under so many savage blows, the labouring mountains brought forth Turks.
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        Under the internal pressure his whiskers stood on end and his face grew red.
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        We are apt to think of these little ones as doing right only when under compulsion: but this is far from the truth.
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        The seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.
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