: weighing less than the normal or requisite amount
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Adjective
the long illness left him frail and underweight
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Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
In addition, Alpine driver Pierre Gasly is also said to be in trouble due to his car being underweight.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
Elsewhere Tuesday morning on Wall Street, Wells Fargo added Tesla to its tactical underweight list for the second quarter.
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In addition, Alpine driver Pierre Gasly became the third driver of the day to be disqualified for having an underweight car.
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Adjective
Canada Goose — The Canadian outerwear firm saw shares sliding more than 3% to hit a new 52-week low after Barclays downgraded the stock to underweight from equal weight.
—Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
In addition, Alpine driver Pierre Gasly is also said to be in trouble due to his car being underweight.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
Elsewhere Tuesday morning on Wall Street, Wells Fargo added Tesla to its tactical underweight list for the second quarter.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
In addition, Alpine driver Pierre Gasly became the third driver of the day to be disqualified for having an underweight car.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Underweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underweight. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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underweight
adjective
un·der·weight
-ˈwāt 
: weighing less than the normal amount for one's age, height, and build
underweight children
underweight adults typically have a body mass index of less than 18.5
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