Underweight
Definitions
- The state or quality of being underweight.
- An underweight person.
- An underweight investment.
Equivalents
Españolbajo de pesantezcon demasiada poca pesadumbrecon infrapesocon insuficiente pesadezdemasiado poco pesorfaltarle pesadurainfrapesoinsuficiente pesantezpesadura excesivamente bajatener demasiado poca pesaduratener excesivamente poco pesortener pesantez demasiadamente baja
FrançaisMaigre
DeutschUntergewicht
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Examples
“1996, United States Institute of Medicine Committee on Scientific Evaluation of WIC Nutrition Risk⟳ Criteria, WIC Nutrition Risk⟳ Criteria: A Scientific Assessment, National Academies Press⟳, →ISBN, page 110, Underweight reflects the body’s thinness, but the term does not necessarily imply the nature and causes of underweight.”
“Further, structured managers usually attempt⟳ to hit their lower targets by relying on a relatively large number⟳ of small active deviations (i.e., overweights and underweights).”
“Consider⟳ a conventional long-only portfolio with underweights on holdings the investment manager does not like⟳ and overweights on holdings the manager does like⟳.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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