undersize

Example Sentences

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He had been a linebacker at Arizona State, a kid out of Fremont, Calif., who was undersize for his position.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024

The undersize forward also applied suffocating defense while guarding Banchero, a 6-foot-10, 250-pound freshman standout.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2022

“We have tried to underspend and undersize what was really needed to get over the top of the mountain,” the Republican governor told reporters during a Friday coronavirus briefing.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2021

That was the landscape DeMoro encountered as she led the undersize 17,000-member California Nurses Association into the fight against what she would term “the commodification of health.”

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2019

The first pair of twins, born twenty years ago to Melissa, were undersize and weak from birth, especially one of them.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall