Definition of undersized
: of a size less than is common, proper, normal, or average
- undersized trout
adjective
un·der·sized
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ˌən-dər-ˈsīzd
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undersize
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\ˌən-dər-ˈsīz\
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Examples of undersized in a Sentence
He is undersized for a basketball player.
though a football all-star in high school, he was just a mediocre, undersized player at the college level
Recent Examples of undersized from the Web
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Martin averaged 30-minutes plus his last three seasons — never mind if the only time Weber recalls him being able to dunk was in an exhibition game in England on an undersized rim.
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The defensive players Shaheen went against on a regular basis were undersized and slow.
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Lake said there currently is a badly deteriorated and undersized 12-inch pipe serving the area.
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The move has been something new for Smith, who at 6 feet, 1 inch and 266 pounds could be considered undersized on the outside, let alone in the interior.
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Santacaterina was a preferred walk-on at NIU, eventually earning a scholarship and having a solid career while being undersized.
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Ford ended up the 23rd overall pick in the 2014 draft as an undersized edge rusher, though, KC uses him as an OLB in the 3-4.
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The undersized-but-speedy Sproles has been a mismatch issue for defenses for more than a decade, both as a running back but also as a receiver.
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An ankle injury to starting center Bunchy Stallings complicated matters, as undersized senior Nick Haynes was forced to play center longer that coaches would have liked, but that loss was not enough to account for the position’s struggles.
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First Known Use of undersized
1706
undersized Synonyms
Synonyms
bantam, diminutive, dinky, dwarfish, fine, half-pint, Lilliputian, little, pint-size (or pint-sized), pocket, pocket-size (also pocket-sized), puny, pygmy, shrimpy, slight, smallish, subnormal, toylike, small (also undersize)Antonyms
big, biggish, considerable, goodly, grand, great, handsome, husky, king-size (or king-sized), large, largish, outsize (also outsized), overscale (or overscaled), oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy, whacking, whoppingRelated Words
dwarf, toy; runtish, runty, scrubby, stunted; bitty, inappreciable, infinitesimal, little bitty, micro, microscopic (also microscopical), mini, miniature, miniaturized, minikin, minim, minuscule, minute, pinpoint, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee, weeny (also weensy); meager (or meagre), niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingy; deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wanting; bite-size (also bite-sized), capsuleNear Antonyms
bulky, hefty, hulking, massive, voluminous; boxcar, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, cavernous, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, gross, Himalayan, herculean, heroic (also heroical), huge, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, monolithic, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, pharaonic, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast; abundant, ample, appreciable, bountiful, copious, generous, healthy, liberal, plenteous, plentiful; fat, thick; broad, wide; boundless, cosmic (also cosmical), immeasurable, incalculable, infinite; adequate, enough, sufficientUNDERSIZED Defined for English Language Learners
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