undersize

Example Sentences

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I vacillated frenetically between oversize and undersize clothes, ambivalent about whether I wanted to draw attention or repel it.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 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

New superstars are emerging, too, most notably Budda Baker, an undersize ball-hawking defensive back.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2020

But they are undersize, and you can see the sadness in their eyes.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall