undersize

Example Sentences

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“We have tried to underspend and undersize what was really needed to get over the top of the mountain,” the Republican governor told reporters during a Friday coronavirus briefing.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2021

That was the landscape DeMoro encountered as she led the undersize 17,000-member California Nurses Association into the fight against what she would term “the commodification of health.”

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2019

The tour begins in a wry, how-the-mighty-have-fallen string of humble hotel rooms, sparsely attended performances in undersize venues, and the general assumption that Laurel and Hardy are retired.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2018

In contrast, the undersize antibodies of sharks and the camel family are not half-finished rejects.

From Science Magazine • May 10, 2018

He tossed the undersize crab back in the water.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings