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

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

In contrast, the undersize antibodies of sharks and the camel family are not half-finished rejects.

From Science Magazine • May 10, 2018

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

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall