undersized
/ʌndəˈsʌɪzd
/ /ˈʌndəsʌɪzd/(also undersize)
adjective
Of less than the usual size: the undersized cubs may not survive the winter...
- Knits are central to this look, either hugely textured, fine silk knit with muted multi-coloured stripes, or slightly undersize, a bit like your wee brother's school jumper.
- I trudged up the walkway into the tiny undersized school that I had the misfortune to attend.
- The bathroom has a stool, sink and undersized bathtub I scrounged that is perfectly sized for the shower.
Synonyms
underdeveloped, stunted, small, short, little, tiny, petite, small-boned, slight, compact, minuscule, miniature, mini, diminutive, dwarfish, elfin, bantam, runtish, puny;
Scottish wee
informal pint-sized, half-pint, pocket-sized, knee-high to a grasshopper, baby, teeny, teeny-weeny, teensy-weensy, itsy-bitsy
rare homuncular, Lilliputian
Rhymes
- Mount Pleasant
- Mount Vernon
- mourn
- mourne
- Mourne Mountains
- mourner
- mourner's bench
- mournful
- mournfully
- Mournful Mary
- mournfulness
- mournful widow
- mourning
- mourning band
- mourning black
- mourning border
- mourning bride
- mourning brooch
- mourning card
- mourning carriage
- mourning cloak
- mourning clothes
- mourning coach
- mourning dove
- mourning envelope