underweight

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Most of them are underweight and a majority are struggling to breathe on their own.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

The bank held the consumer discretionary sector at underweight.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

“It is underweight software and software services by about 7.5%. It also does not own Amazon and it is a bit underweight banks and financial services.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

Dan Pickering, chief investment officer of Pickering Energy Partners, puts it this way: “The more visible energy gets, the riskier an underweight position gets.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

It found that about two thirds of those surveyed were stunted or underweight.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden