underweight
Example Sentences
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The bank has an underweight rating on the stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
They say that those in their early teens are much more likely to have miscarriages and underweight babies than adult women.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Many of these patients are not overweight, some are normal weight or even underweight, so you don’t want them to lose weight or muscle mass.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
With those concerns top of mind, analysts at the firm on Friday downgraded shares of the streaming giant to underweight — the rough equivalent of a sell rating — from equal weight.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
“If that bag can’t support a ten-year-old boy, who’s thirteen pounds underweight for his age, I don’t want it in my cabin,” Mrs. McArdle said, without opening her eyes.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
