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What is the difference between underweight and overweight?

underweight | overweight | Antonyms |

Overweight is a antonym of underweight.



As adjectives the difference between underweight and overweight

is that underweight is of an inappropriately or unusually low weight while overweight is heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.

As nouns the difference between underweight and overweight

is that underweight is the state or quality of being underweight while overweight is an excess of weight.

As verbs the difference between underweight and overweight

is that underweight is to underestimate the weight of while overweight is to place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of.

underweight

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
  • :He's so underweight he's had to buy smaller clothes.
  • :He's thirty pounds underweight .
  • Not too heavy for an intended purpose.
  • :The suitcase is just slightly underweight ; I'll let it on the plane.
  • (finance) Being less invested in a particular area than market wisdom suggests.
  • :The fund is underweight in mining.
  • * 2011 , Murdoch, S. Foreigners back for Aussie stocks, The Australian
  • *:"It's a long-run trend of foreign investors -- typically being underweight the banking sector in Australia," Mr Baker said.

    • Antonyms

    * (of low weight) overweight * (not too heavy) overweight

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of being .
  • * 1996 , United States Nutrition Risk Criteria, WIC Nutrition Risk Criteria: A Scientific Assessment , National Academies Press, ISBN 978-0-309-05385-3, page 110,
    • Underweight' reflects the body’s thinness, but the term does not necessarily imply the nature and causes of ' underweight .

    Antonyms

    * (state or quality) overweight

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To underestimate the weight of.
  • To give insufficient weight to (a consideration); to underestimate the importance of.

    • overweight

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a person) heavier than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.
  • (transportation, legal, of a vehicle) weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce
  • * 1988 , U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, Gearing Up for Safety: Motor Carrier Safety in a Competitive Environment , ISBN 1428922504, page 38,
    • All States allow oversized vehicles if a special permit is obtained, although most States will grant overweight permits only for non-divisible loads.
  • * 1993 , Legacy in the Sand: Chemical Command in Operations Desert Shield & Desert Storm , ISBN 0788104756, page 74,
    • He got as far as the first weigh station, where troopers found his truck to be overweight and threatened to pull him off the road.
  • * 1998 , Collision of Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District Train 102 , ISBN 1428996532, page 48,
    • Postaccident examination of the vehicle indicated, for example, that the driver had not adequately maintained his logbook and that his vehicle had been overweight for travel in Indiana.
  • (investment, finance, followed by a noun or prepositional phrase indicating a security or type of security) Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.
    • Our portfolio is very overweight (in) Asian technology stocks.

    Synonyms

    * (of a person) clinically obese, fat, morbidly obese, obese, super obese * See also

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chiefly, transport, legal, healthcare) An excess of weight.
  • * 1976 , Acts of the Legislature of Louisiana, volume 1, page 445:
  • * 2007 , Josephine Martin, Charlotte Oakley, Managing child nutrition programs: leadership for excellence , page 462:
    • SCHOOL MEAL ISSUES FOR CHILDREN AT RISK FOR OVERWEIGHT
  • (investment, finance) A security or class of securities in which one has a heavy concentration.
    • Apple common stock is one of our overweights .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place excessive weight or emphasis on; to overestimate the importance of.
  • *, II.8:
  • *:We also over-weight such vaine future conjectures, which infant-spirits give us.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 11, Geraldine Fabrikant, work=New York Times, title= How Safe Is That Nest Egg, Anyhow?
    • , passage=Kinnel explained it, the problem at Select High Income was that it overweighted mortgage bonds and underweighted other types of corporate debt, a strategy that backfired when the mortgage market collapsed. }}

    Antonyms

    * underweight English heteronyms