as in lightweight
having little weight
the long illness left him frail and underweight
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But analysts at JPMorgan rated Tesla stock at underweight and set a price target of $135, implying downside of nearly 50%.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2024
The schools recruited players who were underweight or overlooked, players who could fit into their old-fashioned, run-first scheme—the triple option in flexbone formation, in which the objective is to hold the ball and use up the clock.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
United Parcel Service — The parcel delivery stock dropped more than 3% after Barclays downgraded it to underweight from equal weight .
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
KeyBanc analyst Jackson Ader is underweight Adobe, and his price target of $450 suggests more than 7% downside from Monday’s close.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Underweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underweight. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.
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