Origin: Germanic
Old English suffix
Underweight has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Noun
1
The state or quality of being underweight.
Verb
1
To underestimate the weight of.
Adjective
1
being very thin
"a child with skinny freckled legs"
"a long scrawny neck"
"pale bony hands"
2
Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.
Example Sentences
"a child with skinny freckled legs"
adjective
"a long scrawny neck"
adjective
"pale bony hands"
adjective