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40 percent of North Korean children suffer from stunted growth. 20 percent are underweight.
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Meaning of "underweight" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERWEIGHT

underweight  [ˌʌndəˈweɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERWEIGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Underweight is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNDERWEIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Underweight

Underweight is a term describing a human whose body weight is considered too low to be healthy. The definition usually refers to people with a body mass index of under 18.5 or a weight 15% to 20% below that normal for their age and height group.

Definition of underweight in the English dictionary

The first definition of underweight in the dictionary is weighing less than is average, expected, or healthy. Other definition of underweight is having a lower proportion of one's investments in a particular sector of the market than the size of that sector relative to the total market would suggest. Underweight is also disproportionately invested in this way.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDERWEIGHT


await
əˈweɪt
Bassenthwaite
ˈbæsənˌθweɪt
counterweight
ˈkaʊntəˌweɪt
deadweight
ˈdedˌweɪt
equate
ɪˈkweɪt
featherweight
ˈfɛðəˌweɪt
heavyweight
ˈhɛvɪˌweɪt
Koweit
kəʊˈweɪt
Kuwait
kʊˈweɪt
lightweight
ˈlaɪtˌweɪt
middleweight
ˈmɪdəlˌweɪt
outwait
ˌaʊtˈweɪt
overweight
ˌəʊvəˈweɪt
paperweight
ˈpeɪpəˌweɪt
thwaite
θweɪt
unweight
ʌnˈweɪt
wait
weɪt
Waite
weɪt
weight
weɪt
welterweight
ˈwɛltəˌweɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDERWEIGHT

underwater
underwear
underwent
underwhelm
underwhelmed
underwhelming
underwing
underwire
underwired
underwit
underwood
underwool
underwork
underworker
underworld
underwrite
underwriter
underwriting
underwritings
underwritten

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDERWEIGHT

air freight
air-freight
atomic weight
balance weight
bantamweight
birth weight
bright
curb weight
dead weight
eight
equivalent weight
figure of eight
freight
gross weight
head height
height
light heavyweight
molecular weight
net weight
sleight
x-height

Synonyms and antonyms of underweight in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNDERWEIGHT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «underweight» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of underweight

Translation of «underweight» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNDERWEIGHT

Find out the translation of underweight to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of underweight from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «underweight» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

减持
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bajo peso
570 millions of speakers

English

underweight
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वजन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نقص الوزن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вес
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

underweight
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ত্তজনে কম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

insuffisance pondérale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kurang berat badan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Untergewicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

重量不足
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

저체중
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Underweight
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thiếu cân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कमी वजनाचे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

normalden hafif
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sottopeso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niedowagę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вага
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

subponderali
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λιποβαρή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ondergewig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

undervikt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

undervektig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of underweight

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERWEIGHT»

The term «underweight» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.950 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERWEIGHT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «underweight» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «underweight» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about underweight

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QUOTES WITH «UNDERWEIGHT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word underweight.
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Tom Lantos
40 percent of North Korean children suffer from stunted growth. 20 percent are underweight.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERWEIGHT»

Discover the use of underweight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to underweight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Nutrition and Diet Therapy
The health risks associated with underweight are fewer than those that accompany overweight. Both underweight women and those who have lost a significant amount of weight, however, are more susceptible to osteoporosis. Underweight ...
Linda DeBruyne, Eleanor Whitney, Kathryn Pinna, 2007
2
WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria: A Scientific Assessment
Underweight reflects the body's thinness, but the term does not necessarily imply the nature and causes of underweight. The term wasting applies to underweight that results from a recent abnormal process leading to significant failure to gain ...
Committee on Scientific Evaluation of WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria, 1996
3
Understanding Normal and Clinical Nutrition
Underweight is a far less prevalent problem than overweight, affecting no more than 2 percent of US adults (review Figure 8-7 on p. 243).125 Whether an underweight person needs to gain weight is a question of health and, like weight loss, ...
Sharon Rady Rolfes, Kathryn Pinna, Ellie Whitney, 2014
4
Differences in the Development of Underweight and Overweight ...
underweight. However, underweight has a much greater prevalence worldwide than in the U.S. (Chang, Walker, Grantham-McGregor, & Powell, 2002). Chang and colleagues estimate anywhere from 17% to 25% children worldwide are ...
William Roy Henninger (IV.), 2008
5
Becoming Vegan
CHAPTER. 15. Underweight. Are. you desperately trying to gain weight? Do people constantly remark on your excessive thinness, while others envy your ability to eat anything and not gain weight? It can be every bit as challenging for ...
Brenda Davis, Vesanto Melina, 2010
6
Understanding Nutrition
Underweight is a far less prevalent problem than overweight, affecting no more than 2 percent of US adults (review Figure 8-7 on p. 243).125 Whether an underweight person needs to gain weight is a question of health and, like weight loss, ...
Eleanor Whitney, Sharon Rady Rolfes, 2012
7
Obesity Prevention: The Role of Brain and Society on ...
the social and economic disparity in the population: a large segment lacking access to basic needs – and therefore exposed to risk of underweight – coexisting with an affluent social elite exposed to overweight and nutrition-related chronic ...
Laurette Dube, Antoine Bechara, Alain Dagher, 2010
8
Resampling-Based Multiple Testing: Examples and Methods for ...
Pigment Chloride Category Creatinine Volume Lighter Underweight 17.6 5.15 205 Lighter Underweight 13.4 5.75 160 Lighter Underweight 20.3 4.35 480 Lighter Underweight 22.3 7.55 230 Lighter Underweight 20.5 8.50 235 Lighter ...
Peter H. Westfall, 1993
9
Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists
FIGURE 3.5 The total number of underweight milk containers in the box has a binomial distribution with parameters n I 20 and p I 0.261 . Milk P(underweight) I 0.261 MI \ Milk P(underweight) I 0.261 A M j \ Milk P(underweight) I 0.261 I! \ Milk  ...
Anthony Hayter, 2012
10
UN Millennium Development Library: Halving Hunger: It Can Be ...
2.4 The prevalence of underweight children is greatest in South Asia and rising only in Sub—Saharan Africa 41 2.5 Still a long way to the target for Asia and Africa 41 2.6 Underweight prevalence among preschool children and annual rate of ...
UN Millennium Project, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERWEIGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term underweight is used in the context of the following news items.
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Very premature or underweight babies at risk of being neurotic …
Children who were born very prematurely or were very underweight at birth are at risk of growing up to become introverted, neurotic and risk-averse adults, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
YSL ad starring 'unhealthily underweight' model banned in UK
YSL ad starring 'unhealthily underweight' model banned in UK. Jun 4th ... the "ad was irresponsible" because the model featured was"unhealthily underweight.". «AOL News, Jun 15»
3
Yves Saint Laurent ad banned for featuring 'unhealthily underweight
... UK magazine, featured a black-and-white photo of a woman described by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) as “unhealthily underweight”, wearing a ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
4
Carl Icahn says underweight Apple bets will hurt funds' performance
"They are underweight Apple in relation to the index funds, and I think more and more of these funds will realize that's going to hurt their performance in the ... «Reuters, May 15»
5
HSBC cuts foreign investor darling India to underweight
The downgrade to underweight is the first by a major foreign bank since Indian shares began a rally last year that culminated with the Nifty and Sensex indexes ... «Reuters, May 15»
6
Being underweight linked to higher dementia risk
Among nearly two million people in the U.K. observed over time, those who were underweight had the highest dementia risk in old age, and the risk continued to ... «Fox News, May 15»
7
Underweight Tied to Higher Dementia Risk
Being underweight in middle-age may raise the risk for dementia later on, while being overweight or obese may protect against dementia, hints the largest study ... «Medscape, Apr 15»
8
Underweight people face significantly higher risk of dementia, study …
People who are underweight in middle-age – or even on the low side of normal weight – run a significantly higher risk of dementia as they get older, according to ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
9
Nearly 1 in 5 Managers 'Underweight' U.S. Stocks: BofAML
The current 19% underweight is the least exposure to the U.S. stock market managers have copped to in the survey since early 2008. It's a recent shift. «Barron's, Mar 15»
10
Many young Indian women underweight, their babies too: research
Because weight gain during pregnancy averages 7 kg in both India and Africa - compared with U.S. recommendations of 12.5 to 18 kg for underweight women ... «Reuters, Mar 15»

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