underweightn.

Brit.

/ˈʌndəweɪt/, U.S.

/ˈəndərˌweɪt/

Etymology: under- prefix¹ 5(b); under prep. 23b. Compare Danish undervægt, Swedish -vigt, Dutch onderwigt, German untergewicht.

1. Insufficient weight; deficiency in weight.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > amount determined by weighing > deficient weight

under-measure1629

underweight1629

1629 Vse of Law 11 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light Tradesmen of all sorts, selling with vnder weights or measures.

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam (ed. 4) 30 They never complain of me for giving them hard measure, or under-weight.

1864 R. A. Arnold Hist. Cotton Famine 470 The underweight of these bales made the stock seem larger than it really was.

1894 Boston Arena June 44 The minutest difference of overweight or underweight in the coin.

attributive.1890 Daily News 22 Feb. 5/4 The first cost of the restoration of all underweight coins.

a. The condition or quality of being lighter than average for one's height and build.

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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > condition or quality of being lighter than average

underweight1935

1935 H. S. Diehl Textbk. Healthful Living x. 143 Both underweight and overweight are handicaps to employment,..for women overweight is a greater handicap than underweight.

1952 R. Macaulay Let. 16 May (1961) 313 I suspect that thinness and under-weight may be a physical quality that you and I share.

b. [Absolute use of the adjective.] An underweight person.

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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > person having

staffc1405

notomy1487

rakea1529

crag1542

scrag1542

sneakbill1546

starveling1546

slim1548

ghost1590

bald-rib1598

bare-bone1598

bow-case1599

atomy1600

sneaksbill1602

thin-gut1602

anatomya1616

sharg1623

skeleton1630

raw-bone1635

living skeleton1650

strammel1706

scarecrow1711

rickle of bones1729

shargar1754

squeeze-crab1785

rack of bones1804

thread-paper1824

bag of bones1838

dry-bones1845

skinnymalink1870

hairpin1879

slim jim1889

skinny1907

underweight1910

asthenic1925

ectomorph1940

skinny-malinky1957

matchstick1959

1910 A. Bryce Laws of Life & Health vii. 247 It is quite a common thing for underweights to live to eighty, ninety, or even a hundred.

1935 H. Roberts Everyman in Health & Sickness ii. iv. 152 The longest lived are found among the underweights.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

underweightadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌndəˈweɪt/, U.S.

/ˌəndərˈweɪt/

Forms: Also under-weight.

Etymology: under- prefix².

a. Not sufficiently heavy, lacking in weight; spec. of a person: lighter than average for one's height and build; too thin.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adjective] > too light

light1493

overlight1707

underweight1899

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin

leanc1000

thinc1000

swonga1300

meagrea1398

empty?c1400

(as) thin (also lean, rank) as a rakec1405

macilent?a1425

rawc1425

gauntc1440

to be skin and bone (also bones)c1450

leany?a1475

swampc1480

scarrya1500

pinched1514

extenuate1528

lean-fleshed1535

carrion-lean1542

spare1548

lank1553

carrion1565

brawn-fallen1578

raw-bone1590

scraggeda1591

thin-bellied1591

rake-lean1593

bare-boned1594

forlorn1594

Lented1594

lean-looked1597

shotten herring1598

spiny1598

starved1598

thin-belly1598

raw-boned1600

larbar1603

meagry?1603

fleshless1605

scraggy1611

ballow1612

lank-leana1616

skinnya1616

hagged1616

scraggling1616

carrion-like1620

extenuated1620

thin-gutted1620

haggard1630

scrannel1638

leanisha1645

skeletontal1651

overlean1657

emaciated1665

slank1668

lathy1672

emaciate1676

nithered1691

emacerated1704

lean-looking1713

scranky1735

squinny-gut(s)1742

mauger1756

squinny1784

angular1789

etiolated1791

as thin (also lean) as a rail1795

wiry1808

slink1817

scranny1820

famine-hollowed1822

sharp featured1824

reedy1830

scrawny1833

stringy1833

lean-ribbeda1845

skeletony1852

famine-pinched1856

shelly1866

flesh-fallen1876

thinnish1884

all horn and hide1890

unfurnished1893

bone-thin1899

underweight1899

asthenic1925

skin-and-bony1935

skinny-malinky1940

skeletal1952

pencil-neck1960

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [adjective] > of deficient weight

light1493

unsized1613

unassized1616

underweight1979

1899 G. R. Shepherd in Med. Examiner 212/1 Are people who are overweight likely to live longer than those who are..underweight?

1925 C. E. Turner Personal & Community Health ii. 53 The underfed person drags himself about—underweight, pale,..and pessimistic.

1971 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird i. 5 He was a tall, underweight man in his early thirties.

1979 Irish Times 28 Sept. 3/6 Two British boats had been found to be underweight but no action was taken.

b. figurative.

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1960 T. Reese Play Bridge with Reese 15 Partner is sufficiently pleased with the result not to notice that I was under-weight for my medium no-trump.

1977 Time 26 Sept. 42/1 The plot of Annie Hall has the two underweight egos twine together, rose and briar.

1985 Times 11 Jan. 17/6 With many institutional investors still underweight, the price is set to move up.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	underweight
释义	underweightn. Brit. /ˈʌndəweɪt/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌweɪt/ Etymology: under- prefix¹ 5(b); under prep. 23b. Compare Danish undervægt, Swedish -vigt, Dutch onderwigt, German untergewicht. 1. Insufficient weight; deficiency in weight. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > amount determined by weighing > deficient weight under-measure1629 underweight1629 1629 Vse of Law 11 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light Tradesmen of all sorts, selling with vnder weights or measures. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam (ed. 4) 30 They never complain of me for giving them hard measure, or under-weight. 1864 R. A. Arnold Hist. Cotton Famine 470 The underweight of these bales made the stock seem larger than it really was. 1894 Boston Arena June 44 The minutest difference of overweight or underweight in the coin. attributive.1890 Daily News 22 Feb. 5/4 The first cost of the restoration of all underweight coins. 2. a. The condition or quality of being lighter than average for one's height and build. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > condition or quality of being lighter than average underweight1935 1935 H. S. Diehl Textbk. Healthful Living x. 143 Both underweight and overweight are handicaps to employment,..for women overweight is a greater handicap than underweight. 1952 R. Macaulay Let. 16 May (1961) 313 I suspect that thinness and under-weight may be a physical quality that you and I share. b. [Absolute use of the adjective.] An underweight person. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > person having staffc1405 notomy1487 rakea1529 crag1542 scrag1542 sneakbill1546 starveling1546 slim1548 ghost1590 bald-rib1598 bare-bone1598 bow-case1599 atomy1600 sneaksbill1602 thin-gut1602 anatomya1616 sharg1623 skeleton1630 raw-bone1635 living skeleton1650 strammel1706 scarecrow1711 rickle of bones1729 shargar1754 squeeze-crab1785 rack of bones1804 thread-paper1824 bag of bones1838 dry-bones1845 skinnymalink1870 hairpin1879 slim jim1889 skinny1907 underweight1910 asthenic1925 ectomorph1940 skinny-malinky1957 matchstick1959 1910 A. Bryce Laws of Life & Health vii. 247 It is quite a common thing for underweights to live to eighty, ninety, or even a hundred. 1935 H. Roberts Everyman in Health & Sickness ii. iv. 152 The longest lived are found among the underweights. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). underweightadj. Brit. /ˌʌndəˈweɪt/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈweɪt/ Forms: Also under-weight. Etymology: under- prefix². a. Not sufficiently heavy, lacking in weight; spec. of a person: lighter than average for one's height and build; too thin. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adjective] > too light light1493 overlight1707 underweight1899 the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin leanc1000 thinc1000 swonga1300 meagrea1398 empty?c1400 (as) thin (also lean, rank) as a rakec1405 macilent?a1425 rawc1425 gauntc1440 to be skin and bone (also bones)c1450 leany?a1475 swampc1480 scarrya1500 pinched1514 extenuate1528 lean-fleshed1535 carrion-lean1542 spare1548 lank1553 carrion1565 brawn-fallen1578 raw-bone1590 scraggeda1591 thin-bellied1591 rake-lean1593 bare-boned1594 forlorn1594 Lented1594 lean-looked1597 shotten herring1598 spiny1598 starved1598 thin-belly1598 raw-boned1600 larbar1603 meagry?1603 fleshless1605 scraggy1611 ballow1612 lank-leana1616 skinnya1616 hagged1616 scraggling1616 carrion-like1620 extenuated1620 thin-gutted1620 haggard1630 scrannel1638 leanisha1645 skeletontal1651 overlean1657 emaciated1665 slank1668 lathy1672 emaciate1676 nithered1691 emacerated1704 lean-looking1713 scranky1735 squinny-gut(s)1742 mauger1756 squinny1784 angular1789 etiolated1791 as thin (also lean) as a rail1795 wiry1808 slink1817 scranny1820 famine-hollowed1822 sharp featured1824 reedy1830 scrawny1833 stringy1833 lean-ribbeda1845 skeletony1852 famine-pinched1856 shelly1866 flesh-fallen1876 thinnish1884 all horn and hide1890 unfurnished1893 bone-thin1899 underweight1899 asthenic1925 skin-and-bony1935 skinny-malinky1940 skeletal1952 pencil-neck1960 the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [adjective] > of deficient weight light1493 unsized1613 unassized1616 underweight1979 1899 G. R. Shepherd in Med. Examiner 212/1 Are people who are overweight likely to live longer than those who are..underweight? 1925 C. E. Turner Personal & Community Health ii. 53 The underfed person drags himself about—underweight, pale,..and pessimistic. 1971 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird i. 5 He was a tall, underweight man in his early thirties. 1979 Irish Times 28 Sept. 3/6 Two British boats had been found to be underweight but no action was taken. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1960 T. Reese Play Bridge with Reese 15 Partner is sufficiently pleased with the result not to notice that I was under-weight for my medium no-trump. 1977 Time 26 Sept. 42/1 The plot of Annie Hall has the two underweight egos twine together, rose and briar. 1985 Times 11 Jan. 17/6 With many institutional investors still underweight, the price is set to move up. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1629adj.1899
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