underweight
Example Sentences
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When Jackie was rescued from the shore of Big Bear Lake, she was underweight and disheveled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
They are strategically underweight cyclicals, such as AI-beneficiary technology hardware companies that they think will eventually face the risk of an oversupplied market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
In an Instagram post the previous day, the Ojai Raptor Center’s Eliza Cameron said the eagle “arrived lethargic and underweight, but has no signs of physical trauma.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Sam DeCaro, director of clinical outreach and education at the Renfrew Center, described a common misconception: that undereating is fine for people who are not considered underweight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
A dangerously underweight corporal in threadbare fatigues comes for Werner on foot.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
