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

“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

The same could be said of Mitski Miyawaki’s work: Her songs mine rich, dark interior worlds, probing feelings of isolation, yearning and outsize ambition met with undersize rewards.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020

The implications of undersize type Ia supernovae extend far beyond the elements in the present-day universe.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 4, 2020

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