undersize

Example Sentences

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Both the county and the provincial education office run grant programs to keep undersize schools such as Dochang afloat.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2023

“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

The same could be said of Mitski Miyawaki’s work: Her songs mine rich, dark interior worlds, probing feelings of isolation, yearning and outsize ambition met with undersize rewards.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020

Along with normal antibodies, they had sifted out what appeared to be an undersize version of the molecules.

From Science Magazine • May 10, 2018

The debil leader laughed just as Teacher Sarah’s undersize baby girl drew her first breath and opened her eyes.

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince