Antonyms for underweight
ˈʌn dərˈweɪt; ˈʌn dərˌweɪtun·der·weight

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1. underweightverb

   Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.

   Antonyms:
   overweight

2. underweightadjective

   Not too heavy for an intended purpose.

   Antonyms:
   overweight

3. underweightadjective

   Antonyms:
   overweight

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1. scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedyadjective

   being very thin

   "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"

   Antonyms:
   fat

   Synonyms:
   cheeseparing, stunted, tightly fitting, weedy, skinny, tight fitting, tight-fitting, penny-pinching, boney, tightfitting, scrubby, scraggy, jagged, close, near, bony, scrawny, jaggy

How to use underweight in a sentence?

1. First Frontier co-CEO:

   This is a market where everyone is totally underweight and there will obviously be a lot of money going in, hot money at first but then also others, and then there is a big valuation gap there, Iran has a lot of catching up to do when you look at other frontier or emerging markets.

2. Mary Kay:

   In the Coastal Bend, around one third of the stranded loggerheads have been found alive and are receiving care at permitted rehabilitation facilities, including Amos Rehabilitation Keep Keep, Texas State Aquarium, and Texas Sealife Center, the affected loggerheads have been found underweight and emaciated. They are receiving diligent care in rehabilitation, and we hope that most will recover and ultimately be released back into the Gulf of Mexico.

3. Amy Kimberlain:

   The kids that were underweight both in vegetarian and non-vegetarian( groups) were similar and were younger in age and of Asian descent.

4. Amy Brown:

   I think it is important to realize that there is no one right way to introduce solids to a baby, family experience and context will influence this. Importantly this data shows that babies who follow a baby-led approach are consuming sufficient energy and are not at increased risk of underweight which should be reassuring.

5. Oliver Wallin:

   Although the Fed has two explicit mandates - inflation and unemployment - they are going to be wary of what's happening in the wider global environment, including in China. That will no doubt influence the scale of the U.S. rate rises, there has been suspicion for some time that all is not as good as it seems in China. We are 'underweight' on emerging markets and have a feeling that there is more value to be found in the developed markets.

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