Thesaurus / undersized
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
The Mount’s undersized point guard, Damian Chong Qui, raced the length of the floor and lofted in a layup at the buzzer for the 10-point margin.
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He could develop into an undersized stretch center like Tucker, a lockdown wing defender like OG Anunoby or anything in between.
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He’s a bit undersized against the biggest centers, but at the time of the deal, he was holding opponents nearly 9 percentage points below their average marks at the basket.
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An undersized guard at 5-foot-11 who can score and run an offense, Augustin’s versatility will be helpful as he can lead Milwaukee’s offense when Holiday is off the court or play alongside him.
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He had a most amiable feeling towards it, were it ever so frowsy and undersized and sallow.
MARY GRAYKATHARINE TYNAN
In the language of the country they meant runty, mean-figured, undersized.
FROM PLACE TO PLACEIRVIN S. COBB
He was an undersized child with a pinched, intelligent face.
THE STATUS CIVILIZATIONROBERT SHECKLEY
Not only are they undersized and weak-muscled, but they shun bodily activity and are exceedingly sensitive to pain.
THE OLD WORLD IN THE NEWEDWARD ALSWORTH ROSS
And he could see a bell too—an undersized cowbell—that dangled at the creature's breast and jangled incessantly.
THE ESCAPE OF MR. TRIMMIRVIN S. COBB
But there was Tilliard, sitting neatly on a little chair, like an undersized god, with not a curl crooked.
THE LONGEST JOURNEYE. M. FORSTER
WORDS RELATED TO UNDERSIZED
- diminutive
- feeble
- fragile
- frail
- half-pint
- inconsequential
- inferior
- infirm
- little
- measly
- minor
- niggling
- nothing
- paltry
- peanut
- peewee
- petty
- picayune
- piddling
- pint-sized
- runt
- shrimp
- small time
- small-fry
- stunted
- tiny
- trifling
- trivial
- two-bit
- unconsequential
- underfed
- undersized
- undeveloped
- unsound
- unsubstantial
- weak
- weakly
- wee
- worthless
- zero
- zilch
- baby
- bantam
- bitty
- cramped
- diminutive
- humble
- immature
- inadequate
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- insufficient
- limited
- little
- meager
- microscopic
- mini
- miniature
- minuscule
- minute
- modest
- narrow
- paltry
- petite
- petty
- picayune
- piddling
- pint-sized
- pitiful
- pocket-sized
- poor
- puny
- runty
- scanty
- scrubby
- short
- shrimp
- slight
- small-scale
- stunted
- teensy
- teeny
- toy
- trifling
- trivial
- undersized
- unpretentious
- wee
- young
- Lilliputian
- babyish
- bantam
- brief
- cramped
- diminutive
- dinky
- elfin
- embryonic
- fleeting
- hardly any
- hasty
- immature
- imperceptible
- inappreciable
- inconsiderable
- infant
- infinitesimal
- insufficient
- junior
- light
- limited
- meager
- microscopic
- mini
- miniature
- minute
- not big
- not large
- peanut
- petite
- scant
- short
- short-lived
- shrimpy
- shriveled
- skimpy
- slight
- small
- snub
- sparse
- stubby
- stunted
- teeny
- tiny
- toy
- truncated
- undersized
- undeveloped
- wee
- wizened
- young
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.