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Underweight meaning

  1. Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
  2. Not too heavy for an intended purpose.
  3. Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.

Synonyms of Underweight

scraggy boney scrawny skinny weedy thin lean

Related words

Other words often associated with Underweight or its synonyms:

bony bone skeletal inferior near slim boneless tilt gaunt uneven tight narrow

Using Underweight

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight. | Not too heavy for an intended purpose. | Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.
  • Useful related words include: scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny.
  • In the example corpus, underweight often appears in combinations such as: underweight rating, an underweight, underweight and.

Context around Underweight

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 18 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

bps 1× little 1× too 1×

Often after:

rating 11× calculated 1× gaining 1× positions 1× positioning 1×

Sentence patterns with Underweight

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

from an underweight rating to 4× to an underweight rating and 2× to an underweight rating in 2× 20 as underweight 1× 982 bps underweight it 1× a little underweight and there 1× adding to underweight positions when 1× and our underweight positioning in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

finally morgan stanley 2× jpmorgan chase co 2× barclays boosted their 1× barclays cut shares 1× barclays upgraded shares 1× bmi is an 1×

Common sentence endings:

thursday august 31st 2× 20 as underweight 1× a recent litter 1× bps underweight it 1× buy below prices 1× exercise is vital 1×

Words around Underweight

Just before it in the word index:

underwear 388 underway 2.702 underwater 836 undervolting 3 undervoltage 2 undervaluing 11

Just after it in the word index:

underwent 1.044 underwhelm 7 underwhelmed 53 underwhelming 243 underwhelms 2 underwing 14

Similar in corpus frequency:

activating 169 antwerp 169 asymmetric 169 blight 169 bmi 169 boba 169

Corpus analysis for Underweight

  • In this selection, "underweight" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, bps, little, too, rating, calculated and gaining stand out and add context to how "underweight" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include from an underweight rating to and to an underweight rating and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "underweight" sits close to words such as activating, antwerp and asymmetric, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with underweight

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

For individuals classified as underweight, gaining weight through proper nutrition and exercise is vital. (14 words)

I favor adding to underweight positions when stocks trade below my risk-adjusted Buy Below prices. (16 words)

Lastly, positive stock selection and our underweight positioning in the Materials sector also contributed to relative performance. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Finally, Morgan Stanley cut shares of Palantir Technologies from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $8.00 to $9.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 31st. (39 words)

JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut Medical Properties Trust from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $9.00 to $7.00 in a research report on Monday, August 21st. (37 words)

Each day they are weighed to ensure optimal motivation: if underweight they are liable to pursue birds rather than return to their handler; and if overweight they might never leave the handler’s arm. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Coupled with our underweight to Apple () as well as the reclassification of payment providers PayPal () from IT to financials, we finished the quarter 982 bps underweight IT.

There are differing opinions on definition of underweight in females; doctors quote anything below 18.5 to 20 as underweight.

Barclays boosted their target price on Banco Santander (Brasil) from $5.00 to $5.50 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 27th.

Barclays cut shares of Bank of Nova Scotia from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 9th.

Barclays upgraded shares of Syneos Health from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 10th.

BMI is an approximate measure of whether someone is over or underweight, calculated by dividing their weight in kilograms by the square of their height in metres.

Each day they are weighed to ensure optimal motivation: if underweight they are liable to pursue birds rather than return to their handler; and if overweight they might never leave the handler’s arm.

Finally, Barclays raised Visteon from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and set a $158.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 12th.

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Finally, Morgan Stanley cut shares of Palantir Technologies from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from $8.00 to $9.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 31st.

Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on shares of DocuSign from $51.00 to $49.00 and set an underweight rating for the company in a report on Friday.

For individuals classified as underweight, gaining weight through proper nutrition and exercise is vital.

Her time as a stray left her a little underweight, and there were some signs that she had a recent litter.

I favor adding to underweight positions when stocks trade below my risk-adjusted Buy Below prices.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut Medical Properties Trust from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $9.00 to $7.00 in a research report on Monday, August 21st.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte from an “underweight” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 31st.

KeyCorp raised shares of Westlake from an “underweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 3rd.

Lastly, positive stock selection and our underweight positioning in the Materials sector also contributed to relative performance.

Mika discovered that she was too underweight to make 75 bucks selling her plasma and was reduced to eating donuts out of the garbage.

Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of Grocery Outlet from $26.00 to $25.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday.

Morgan Stanley downgraded shares of Amcor from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 8th.

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Common combinations with underweight

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "underweight" in a sentence?
An example: "Coupled with our underweight to Apple () as well as the reclassification of payment providers PayPal () from IT to financials, we finished the quarter 982 bps underweight IT." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "underweight" from authentic English texts.
What does "underweight" mean?
Underweight means: Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
What are synonyms of "underweight"?
Common synonyms of "underweight" include: scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, weedy, thin, lean.
How many example sentences with "underweight" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "underweight", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.