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underweight

[uhn-der-wayt, uhn-der-wayt] / ˈʌn dərˈweɪt, ˈʌn dərˌweɪt /


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It’s underweight both U.S. stocks and bonds at the moment, giving more weight to cash and emerging-market stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

They say that those in their early teens are much more likely to have miscarriages and underweight babies than adult women.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The managers trimmed their overweight positions in stocks and commodities, but are keeping a large underweight in bonds, Bank of America reported.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The bank rates Maersk stock at underweight with a 10,000 Danish kroner target price.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

This particular summer afternoon, in a dusty geological library in Vienna, Sergeant Major von Rumpel follows an underweight secretary wearing brown shoes, brown stockings, a brown skirt, and a brown blouse through stacks of periodicals.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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