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underweights

underweights is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underweight.

Meaning of underweight

Verb

underweight (third-person singular simple present underweights, present participle underweighting, simple past and past participle underweighted)

  1. (transitive) To underestimate the weight of.
  2. (transitive) To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of.
  3. (transitive) To invest in less than conventional wisdom would dictate.
    • Although the portfolio overweights the German market, it underweights German marks.2009, Philip Lawton, Todd Jankowski, Investment Performance Measurement, page 419

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Questions about underweights

What is underweights the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Underweights is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underweight.

Words near underweights in the dictionary

  1. underweigh
  2. underweighs
  3. underweight
  4. underweighted
  5. underweighting
  6. underweights
  7. underwent
  8. underwhelm
  9. underwhelmed
  10. underwhelming
  11. underwhelmingly

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