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underweight

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


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JPMorgan upgrades Intel to neutral from underweight, and maintains its $85 price target.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

As the Wall Street firm fears moving away from what has been a Goldilocks environment, it’s now recommending being 5% underweight on stocks in a portfolio, from a previous recommendation of being 4% overweight.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 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

“Many of these patients are not overweight, some are normal weight or even underweight, so you don’t want them to lose weight or muscle mass.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

A dangerously underweight corporal in threadbare fatigues comes for Werner on foot.

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


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