Underweight Definition
ŭndər-wāt
adjective
Below the normal, desirable, or allowed weight.
Webster's New World
Holding or containing relatively less of a specified asset, security, etc.
Webster's New World
Not too heavy for an intended purpose.
The suitcase is just slightly underweight; I'll let it on the plane.
Wiktionary
(finance) Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.
The fund is underweight in mining.
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noun
Insufficiency of weight.
American Heritage Medicine
Weight that is less than needed, desired, or allowed.
Webster's New World
The state or quality of being underweight.
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verb
In investing, to hold a smaller amount or proportion of in a portfolio, as in relation to some benchmark.
To underweight technology stocks.
Webster's New World
To underestimate the weight of.
Wiktionary
To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of.
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Origin of Underweight
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under- +"Ž weight.
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