undersized

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adjective

below the usual or expected size

Similar
undersizesmalllittle
OriginEnglish sized ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

adjectiveundersized (comparative more undersized, superlative most undersized)

comparative more undersized · superlative most undersized

  1. below the usual or expected size

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivesmaller than normal for its kind

Similar
undersizesmalllittle
Also see
littlepettysmallteenyundersize

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishsize
  13. Englishsized
  14. Englishundersized

From under- + sized.

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Translations

Bulgarian маломерен
  • маломерен (malomeren)below the expected size
Dutch ondermaats
  • ondermaatsbelow the expected size
French sous-dimensionné, sous-dimensionnée
  • sous-dimensionnébelow the expected size
  • sous-dimensionnéebelow the expected size
Māori whito, rehe
  • whitobelow the expected size
  • rehebelow the expected size
Cite this entry
APA

undersized. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersized

MLA

“undersized.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersized. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undersized,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersized.

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