underweight
un‧der‧weight /ˌʌndəˈweɪt◂ $ -ər-/ BrE AmE adjective
[Word Family: adjective: ↑overweight ≠ ↑underweight, ↑weighted, ↑weighty, ↑weightless; verb: ↑weigh, ↑outweigh, ↑weight; noun: ↑weight, weights, ↑weighting]
weighing less than is expected or usual OPP overweight:
Women who smoke risk giving birth to underweight babies.
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THESAURUS
 person
▪ thin having little fat on your body: a tall, thin man
▪ slim thin in an attractive way: her slim figure | a slim woman in her fifties | Magazines are always full of advice about how to stay slim.
▪ slender written thin in an attractive and graceful way – used especially about parts of the body, and used especially about women: her long, slender legs | She is slender, with very fair hair.
▪ lean thin and looking healthy and fit: his lean body | He was lean and looked like a runner.
▪ skinny very thin in a way that is not attractive: a skinny teenager | Your arms are so skinny!
▪ slight written thin and delicate: a small, slight girl with big eyes
▪ scrawny /ˈskrɔːni $ ˈskrɒː-/ very thin, small, and weak-looking: a scrawny kid in blue jeans
▪ underweight below the usual weight for someone of your height, and therefore too thin: He had no appetite and remained underweight.
▪ gaunt /ɡɔːnt $ ɡɒːnt/ written very thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry: He looked gaunt and had not shaved for days.
▪ emaciated /ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtəd, ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtɪd, -si-/ written extremely thin and weak, because you are ill or not getting enough to eat: The tents were filled with emaciated refugees.
▪ skeletal written used about someone who is so thin that you can see the shape of their bones: The soldiers were shocked by the skeletal figures of the camp’s prisoners.
▪ anorexic used about someone who is extremely thin because they have a mental illness that makes them stop eating: Her daughter is anorexic. | anorexic teenagers
underweighthu| ◎ | [,ʌndə'weit] | | ※ | tính từ | | | ■ | dưới trọng lượng thông thường; nhẹ cân, cân thiếu, hụt cân | | | ☆ | You're only slightly underweight for your height | | | Anh hơi nhẹ cân một tí so với chiều cao của anh | | | ☆ | The coal is six pounds underweight/underweight by six pounds | | | chỗ than này hụt sáu pao |
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