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Antonyms for underweight
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : adjective uhn-der-weyt; noun uhn-der-weyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : adjective ˈʌn dərˈweɪt; noun ˈʌn dərˌweɪt |
Definition of underweight
Origin :- 1899, from under- + weight.
- adj thin
- They could as easily have charged you overweight as underweight.
- Extract from : « Uncle Sam Detective » by William Atherton Du Puy
- The baby of a German housewife was underweight—that is, below normal.
- Extract from : « A Stake in the Land » by Peter Alexander Speek
- They are the people who are overweight and the people who are underweight.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by James J. Walsh
- Blind abscesses at the roots will cause all sorts of aches and pains, as well as underweight.
- Extract from : « Diet and Health » by Lulu Hunt Peters
- Underweight individuals sometimes have to train their digestive tracts for some of the foods they need.
- Extract from : « Diet and Health » by Lulu Hunt Peters
- Underweight and overweight are both abnormal conditions; probably the latter is the more easily remedied.
- Extract from : « American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick » by Jane A. Delano
- The union of all that is wetness, the change is underweight and yet the practical use of length is the same as width.
- Extract from : « Geography and Plays » by Gertrude Stein
- Even though the baby was underweight and had violet shadows under her blue eyes, she looked healthier than most babies they saw.
- Extract from : « Across the Fruited Plain » by Florence Crannell Means
- Some of you are underweight, because you are not properly regulated so far as your meals and living is concerned.
- Extract from : « The Art of Stage Dancing » by Ned Wayburn
- Sometimes pupils who are underweight when they first come here begin to lose weight, and they get worried about it.
- Extract from : « The Art of Stage Dancing » by Ned Wayburn
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