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under-weight

adjective as in scrawny

adjective as in underweight

adjective as in bony

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adjective as in scrawny

adjective as in underweight

adjective as in bony

Weak matches

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While it is dangerous to be under weight in the early years of life, it is at least as dangerous to be overweight in middle life.

Such breakfasts are particularly the rule among women who are under weight.

Often their under-weight is a life-story, and occasionally it is a family matter.

Many of them will be found to be distinctly under weight for their height.

In the correction of under-weight details are all-important.

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On this page you'll find 333 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to under-weight, such as: bony, lanky, skinny, angular, gaunt, and lank.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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